Housing and Planning Bill

My Lords, at Second Reading I and many other noble Lords expressed reservations about the proposa...

My Lords, this is a particularly important amendment, as I read it. I am sorry that I slightly mi...

My Lords, I also support my noble friend’s amendment. I understand from briefings from Crisis and...

May I ask for some clarification? When I sat as a magistrate, we had a case of a tenant whose lan...

There should, of course, be no problem over landlords repossessing genuinely abandoned property. ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as leader of a local authority. I have not so far intervened in t...

I can tell noble Lords what it would lead to. In the event that the rogue landlord manages to get...

Doing some quick mental arithmetic, I suspect that we are talking about four to five instances pe...

I am not a leader of a local authority, but I am a member of one, so I understand the noble Lord’...

I thank all noble Lords for their amendments and contributions to the debate. As the noble Barone...

Who will check that the landlord is not acting like a rogue and that the property is actually aba...

I will go through the process, which contains checks and balances which will ensure that a tenant...

This is my first foray into this Bill, and I draw attention to my interests in the register. Clau...

The first warning notice would not in practice be able to be served unless four consecutive weeks...

I would be grateful if the Minister could do so because, on the face of it, the provision seems o...

Yes, I am happy to clarify. I have talked about a lot of notices and warnings; perhaps it would b...

Under the provisions for universal credit—it is something that I regret very much, although it is...

My Lords, I do not want to intervene on the Minister, but Clause 56(1)(a) states:

“The unpa...

The Minister explained the process for getting possession of a property believed to have been aba...

I set out the overall process but of course we will have to be mindful of people being able to ac...

The Minister also said that when the tenant of the property believed to have been abandoned has b...

I will have to get back to the noble Lord. I am afraid I do not have that information.

That would be very helpful. In this short debate we have highlighted a few issues with this secti...

I have one further question. If the rent condition is initially not met but then there is a payme...

I am happy to agree to meet with noble Lords interested in this area so perhaps they could list a...

I declare two interests: one is my local government interest which is in the register. In that co...

I believe that the noble Lord is correct about legal aid, but I hope he will permit me to go back...

Before we finish on this amendment, does the Minister understand that very often we are talking a...

My Lords, already social housing landlords—housing associations and so on—are beginning to deal w...

I do not dissent from what the noble Baroness said, nor from what the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-S...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and I thank the Minister for agreeing to m...

My Lords, in the most recent discussion, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, suggested that perhaps thi...

My Lords, I have concerns about this section of the Bill. I am very much taken with the arguments...

My Lords, this is the first time I have spoken in Committee today, so I draw your Lordships’ atte...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, for proposing that this whole part should be a...

My Lords, I agree with those who say that these provisions should be recast. I want to pick up on...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate on Part 3 of the Bill. The ...

Have the Government made an estimate of the cost to a tenant? Since there is a cost of £5 million...

As I have said, we have heard the strength of feeling in the House on this issue and have agreed ...

Can the Minister tell us a little about where the pressure for these changes is coming from? We h...

As I have explained, the rationale behind this is to attempt to provide balance and fairness for ...

Will the Minister help me on one other point, please? On the reference to rent not being paid, or...

Obviously, there will be a dialogue between tenant and landlord, and arrangements between the two...

I understand that if the rent is paid in full you go back to square 1. But if the rent is only pa...

In terms of part-payment of rent, if any rent is being paid, the process would be ended. It is ab...

So, a pound off the rent would secure the position.

There would be a balanced view on this. As I have tried to set out, where payment is being made, ...

Does this not all point to the need to have someone to check? That might well be a local authorit...

As I have said, we believe there is a process that has a number of important elements to it. Howe...

Moved by

Lord Greaves

36A: After Clause 61, insert the following new Clause—

“R...

My Lords, my purpose in moving this amendment is to raise a significant problem in some parts of ...

My Lords, I am very supportive of the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. Empty home...

The noble Lord, Lord Greaves, referred specifically to properties in the north of England. In my ...

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, on bringing forward this amendment. This i...

My Lords, this amendment would insert a new clause into the Bill requiring a review of the effect...

When the Minister talks about empty homes, does she mean homes on which no council tax is being p...

That figure relates to unoccupied homes.

As the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, highlighted, loca...

Sorry, I am not going to let this question go. Some unoccupied homes have council tax paid on the...

The noble Lord makes a valid point. As he has kindly suggested, I will write to him with further ...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister, half of whose speech was exactly the one I made in listi...

Moved by

Lord Tope

36B: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, after “promote” insert “home owners...

My Lords, in moving this amendment I will also speak to the 11 other amendments standing in my na...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 36B, just moved, and refer to Amendments 47A and 53A in my na...

My Lords, Amendment 47B and 53B follow on from the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord ...

My Lords, I add my support to this group of amendments, and I declare an interest as chair of Pea...

My Lords, in speaking to this group of amendments, particularly in reference to home ownership an...

My Lords, I am pleased to support my noble friend Lord Tope on these amendments, particularly the...

My Lords, like the noble Lord, Lord Tope, who introduced the lead amendment, I believe that there...

My Lords, I agree with most of the points made on this first tranche of amendments in this chapte...

My Lords, I do not want to speak for any length of time because in discussing these amendments an...

My Lords, that contribution was the key one in our debate, because it raises the issue of the imp...

My Lords, I hope I will be forgiven for intervening again. The noble Lord, Lord Horam, mentioned ...

Perhaps I can just explain that the Minister was not present at the meeting. She kindly arranged ...

My Lords, what worries me above all is that starter homes are supposed to fly the flag for afford...

My Lords, at the risk of prolonging this very interesting debate, I should say that my employer i...

My Lords, I have three questions for the Minister. They are not particularly related, but they ar...

That would not be very difficult.

Well, yes, it would not be difficult. Perhaps that is why he was never in the same party as me.