Will the Minister help me on one other point, please? On the reference to rent not being paid, or rent being unpaid, what happens if a tenant, in struggling to pay the rent, pays an amount on account? Does that count as the rent being unpaid for a week, or a month? How is that dealt with? The Minister has used the expression that someone has effectively given up on paying the rent. There could be many instances where people are struggling to pay the rent, doing the best that they can, and making partial payments. If that is what they do, would that preclude the operation of these provisions?
Housing and Planning Bill
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Lord McKenzie of Luton
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 1 March 2016.
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Debate on bills on Housing and Planning Bill.
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