Housing and Planning Bill

I do not wish to detain the Committee but I simply want to say that this is an extremely interest...

My Lords, if I may briefly intervene, I remember having great discussions about this matter on pr...

My Lords, this amendment would insert a new clause into the Bill that seeks to remove the require...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, including the noble Lord, Lord ...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

20: Insert the following new Clause—

“Implie...

My Lords, it was with much surprise that I heard that the Government had not agreed to an amendme...

My Lords, we are also supporting Amendment 20, and I would like to speak in support of Amendment ...

My Lords, Amendment 22, spoken to by my noble friend Lord Kennedy of Southwark, is on electrical ...

My Lords, I, too, tabled Amendment 22 —the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, beat me to getting her na...

My Lords, I support Amendments 20 and 22 and do so with a slightly sinking feeling because it sho...

My Lords, I warmly endorse the first two amendments in this group. I find it inconceivable that t...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken to the amendments, which have one aim: to suppo...

Does the Minister not acknowledge that it is more important to protect tenants’ safety than to pr...

My Lords, I hope I have made it clear that tenants’ safety is of the utmost importance. In fact, ...

On that point, if the Minister will forgive me, will we have that information by the time we reac...

I am not getting any indications from the Box. However, I do not feel very switched-on at this ho...

The Minister is saying that she has every sympathy but that the Government are not going to do an...

My Lords, if the noble Lord is talking about the property guardianship schemes, it is because the...

That may be the case but surely, as the Minister’s remarks implied, they need to be fit for peopl...

My Lords, because of the nature of the arrangement—as the noble Lord said, there is no tenancy ag...

But provisions could be applied if the Government legislated to protect people in this position. ...

I see the point, and as I say, my son is living in such accommodation, but the reason owners do i...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate: the noble Baroness, Lady Grende...

Moved by

Baroness Meacher

23: Insert the following new Clause—

“Rent arrears