I accept that, and the noble Lord is making a genuine point. Certainly that is the intent, as we have said, behind the legislation. If evidence comes to light during the passage of this legislation through this House that that may not be the case, clearly the Government will want to take note of that, because it is explicitly not the intent to catch the vast majority of genuine landlords. There are a small number of rogue landlords.
Immigration Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Bates
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 20 January 2016.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Immigration Bill.
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