I accept that in the Bill it is a discretion—it says “may”—but we have no sense of knowing in what circumstances the Secretary of State might allow a transfer to go ahead without a levy and in what circumstances he would not. It is not unreasonable to want to know those circumstances. Perhaps the Minister could write to me on that point.
Housing and Planning Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Kerslake
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Thursday, 10 March 2016.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Housing and Planning Bill.
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