Housing and Regeneration Bill. Lords Report stage second day. Concluded. Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed (HL Bill 77).
Housing and Regeneration Bill
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Housing and Regeneration Bill. As amended in Grand Committee.
Monday, 23 June 2008
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Monday, 23 June 2008
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Andrews | 703 c770-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Filkin for enabling us to have this important debate. His ame...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c778 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 95 and 96:
95: Clause 94, page 42, line 22, leave out ““and””
96: Clause 9...
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Baroness Andrews | 703 c778 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 97:
97: After Clause 99, insert the following new Clause—
““Tenant involvement...
Lord Filkin | 703 c765-7 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 94:
94: Clause 88, page 41, line 14, at end insert ““, and
(c) promotes disput...
Earl Cathcart | 703 c767-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I was interested to hear the arguments of the noble Lord, Lord Filkin. I would agree with ...
Lord Best | 703 c769-70 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am deeply sympathetic to tenants being empowered to play a full role in the management o...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c770 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I had the good sense in Committee to let the noble Lord, Lord Best, speak before me on thi...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c778 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 100:
100: Clause 114, page 48, line 21, leave out from ““authority”” to end of...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c778 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 98 and 99:
98: Clause 110, page 47, line 8, after ““regulator”” insert ““if ...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c754 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I supported the amendments relating to community land trusts at the previous stage and I c...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c752-3 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 89:
89: Clause 69, page 34, line 19, at end insert—
““(3A) The Secretary of St...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 703 c753-4 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 91:
91: Clause 81, page 38, line 20, after ““England,”” insert—
““( ) a commun...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c752 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now further considered on Report.
Moved accordingly, and, ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 703 c755 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the good news is that we do have sympathetic ears this afternoon. We have listened careful...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 703 c755 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Graham, is absolutely right. In Grand Committee, this proposal was su...
Earl of Onslow | 703 c756 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 92:
92: After Clause 82, insert the following new Clause—
““Provision of socia...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 703 c755-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am deeply grateful to the Minister and his colleagues. Without the opportunity taken tod...
Earl of Onslow | 703 c758 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I never thought that I would be able to say this—it is a totally joyous thing to be able t...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c756-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am very sorry to disappoint the noble Earl. Would that it had been as relatively simple ...
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 703 c758-9 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 92A:
92A: Clause 88, page 40, line 36, at end insert—
““( ) Pursuit of Objecti...
Lord Best | 703 c759-60 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I support my noble friend Lady Finlay, who is much more expert than I ever could be in mat...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 703 c760 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I should like to express some sympathy with this amendment. On looking at the history of o...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c760-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as always, I admire the way in which the noble Baroness, Lady Finlay, marshals the evidenc...
Lord Colwyn | 703 c763 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, if this amendment were to be agreed, I remind the House that I would not be able to call A...
Earl Cathcart | 703 c762-3 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 93:
93: Clause 88, page 41, line 12, leave out subsections (11) and (12) and i...
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 703 c762 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her reply and to the Government for their sympathetic un...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c764 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, that is indeed the case. We have not created a hierarchy of objectives, because they each ...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c764 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I do not know whether the noble Earl intends to divide the House on this; I will go with t...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c763-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I appreciate the way in which the noble Earl has tried ingeniously to come back with an am...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c763 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I did indeed express the concerns that the noble Earl has summarised. I think I said that ...
Earl Cathcart | 703 c765 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have had a short but interesting debate. The noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, asked about o...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c765 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Earl’s amendment would not remove subsection (13).
Baroness Andrews | 703 c797-9 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 154 to 157:
154: Schedule 9, page 203, line 28, at end insert—
““Inheritance...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c797 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 153:
153: Clause 274, page 114, line 28, at end insert—
On Question, amendmen...
Lord Graham of Edmonton | 703 c800-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I was intrigued by the weight that the noble Lord placed on the words of Sir Bryan Carsber...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 703 c799-800 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 158:
158: Before Clause 277, insert the following new Clause—
““Abolition of h...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c801-2 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my noble friends have removed two of the most important planks of my argument much more el...
Baroness Ford | 703 c801 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am disappointed that we return to the issue of home information packs, because the House...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 703 c805-7 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 159:
159: Clause 292, page 125, line 13, leave out from ““When”” to second ““t...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c796 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 149:
149: Clause 267, page 110, line 13, leave out subsection (2)
On Question...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c796-7 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 151:
151: Clause 273, page 113, line 21, at end insert—
““““local housing auth...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c796 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 140 and 141:
140: Clause 253, page 104, line 31, leave out paragraph (a)
1...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c795-6 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 139:
139: Clause 251, page 103, line 37, leave out paragraph (a)
On Question,...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c795 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 138:
138: Clause 247, page 101, line 19, at end insert—
““(2A) A requirement t...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c795 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 137:
137: Clause 247, page 101, line 11, leave out paragraph (a)
On Question,...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c796 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 147:
147: Clause 258, page 107, line 23, leave out paragraph (a)
On Question,...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c796 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 145 and 146:
145: Clause 257, page 107, line 1, leave out paragraph (a) and ...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c796 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 144:
144: Clause 255, page 106, line 7, leave out paragraph (a)
On Question, ...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c796 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 142 and 143:
142: Clause 254, page 105, line 22, leave out paragraph (a) and...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c796 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 148:
148: Clause 264, page 109, line 16, leave out subsection (2)
On Question...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c795 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 135:
135: Clause 240, page 98, line 24, leave out ““to 243”” and insert ““, 24...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c821-2 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 189 and 190:
189: Schedule 15, page 234, leave out lines 27 and 28 and inser...
Earl of Onslow | 703 c821 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that detailed answer. She could not possibly expect me or anyone ...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c816 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I fear that I am not going to be as brief, succinct or clear as the noble Earl. He is abso...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c816-21 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Earl certainly summed up the crucial points succinctly. I will have to say a bit...
Earl of Onslow | 703 c816 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, is the Minister satisfied that I accurately summed up the situation as we saw it? I hope t...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c814 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 178 and 179:
178: Schedule 11, page 216, line 13, after second ““tenancy”” i...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c814-5 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 180 to 186:
180: Clause 304, page 137, line 20, at end insert—
““(6A) A revi...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c815 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 187:
187: Clause 307, page 142, line 38, leave out from ““authority”””” to the...
Earl of Onslow | 703 c815-6 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 188:
188: Clause 312, leave out Clause 312 and insert the following new Clause...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c813-4 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 177:
177: Schedule 11, page 215, line 18, at end insert—
““Successor landlords...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c813 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, transferring tolerated trespassers is almost as difficult as, ““She sells seashells””. The...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c811-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am happy to bear the pressure, because we are seeking to do the same thing. The noble Ba...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c810-1 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 176A:
176A: Schedule 11, page 212, line 21, at end insert—
““( ) an assured te...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c810 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am not remotely qualified to take the argument any further, but I shall make one point t...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c809-10 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I appreciate why the noble Baroness has raised this issue, and I shall do my best to addre...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c808-9 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 176:
176: After Clause 297, insert the following new Clause—
““Possession orde...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 703 c807 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 162:
162: Clause 294, page 127, line 45, leave out from ““landlord”” to ““; an...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 703 c807 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 160 and 161:
160: Clause 292, page 125, line 32, at end insert—
““(3A) After...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 703 c783 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Baroness is probably right but I shall take advice and write to her on the point...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c783 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 105 and 106:
105: Clause 149, page 64, line 15, leave out ““to which”” and i...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c783-4 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 107:
107: After Clause 149, insert the following new Clause—
““Disposals witho...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c784 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 108:
108: Clause 166, page 71, line 25, after ““specified”” insert ““non-profi...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 703 c778-9 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 101:
101: After Clause 123, insert the following new Clause—
““Accountability ...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c779-80 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am completely sympathetic to the intention and the vocabulary of the noble Lord as he de...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 703 c780 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am happy to acknowledge that the difference between us, if it is a difference, is betwee...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c780-1 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 102 to 103:
102: Clause 124, page 52, line 38, leave out subsection (1) and ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 703 c781-3 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 104:
104: Clause 148, page 63, line 31, leave out from ““moratorium”” to end o...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c783 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the Government for acting on the concerns that I raised at the previous s...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c795 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 131:
131: Clause 228, page 95, line 5, leave out ““to 233”” and insert ““, 232...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c795 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 132 to 134:
132: Clause 236, page 97, line 7, leave out ““or occupier””
13...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c792 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 124 to 126:
124: Clause 213, page 90, line 18, leave out ““give registered p...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c792 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 127 and 128:
127: Clause 214, page 90, line 22, after ““guidance”” insert ““...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c792-5 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 130:
130: Clause 227, page 94, line 35, leave out subsection (3) and insert—
“...
Baroness Hamwee | 703 c788 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I agree absolutely with the noble Viscount about guidance being better than directions. I ...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 703 c788-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall start where the noble Baroness finished, because her point goes to the heart of th...
Viscount Eccles | 703 c789-90 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. I shall deal first with the question of Professor Cave...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c791-2 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 122:
122: Clause 195, page 83, line 28, at end insert—
““(ca) one or more bodi...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 703 c787 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, my noble friend has made an admirable case for trying to keep all the bodies that he menti...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c785 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 120:
120: Clause 194, page 83, line 4, at end insert—
““(da) one or more bodie...
Viscount Eccles | 703 c785-7 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 121:
121: After Clause 194, insert the following new Clause—
““Guidance by the...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c784 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 115:
115: Clause 189, page 80, line 44, at end insert—
““(ba) after subsection...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c784-5 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 116:
116: Clause 190, page 81, line 31, leave out paragraph (d) and insert—
““...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c784 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 113:
113: Clause 182, page 77, line 35, at end insert—
““and for this purpose ...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c784 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 114:
114: After Clause 185, insert the following new Clause—
““Change of use, ...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c784 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 110 and 111:
110: Clause 172, page 73, line 14, leave out ““to which”” and i...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c784 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 112:
112: Clause 176, page 75, line 6, at end insert—
““( ) Where this section...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c784 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 109:
109: Clause 167, page 71, line 40, after ““a”” insert ““non-profit””
On ...
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 703 c823 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, she is going to speak. She is feeling better.
Baroness Thornton | 703 c823 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I should explain on behalf of my noble friend the Chief Whip that an unusual situation has...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c823 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 204 to 207:
204: Clause 323, page 149, line 4, after ““125D(2)”” insert ““, ...
Baroness Thornton | 703 c823 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am sorry. That is fine. I take this opportunity to inform noble Lords that as the debate...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c822 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 192:
192: Clause 318, page 146, line 28, leave out paragraph (a)
On Question,...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c822 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 202:
202: Clause 322, page 148, line 26, leave out ““this Act extends”” and in...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c823 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendment No. 203:
203: Clause 322, page 148, line 34, leave out subsection (4)
On Question...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c822 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 194 and 195:
194: Clause 318, page 146, line 32, at end insert ““or 227””
...
Baroness Andrews | 703 c822 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 197 to 201:
197: Clause 318, page 147, line 5, at end insert ““(excluding se...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 703 c802-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the essential arguments have not changed; they go over similar ground to that covered 10 d...
Lord Filkin | 703 c778 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for her thoughtfulness and care in responding to these complex iss...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 703 c807-8 (Link to this contribution)
moved Amendments Nos. 163 to 175:
163: Clause 295, page 128, line 37, at end insert ““new””
164:...
Lord Best | 703 c795 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am well content with the amendments, and I am very grateful to the Minister for introduc...
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