Tenant Fees Bill

In moving Amendment 1, I shall speak also to Amendment 17. First, I thank the Minister and his of...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 18. I remind your Lordships that I am a vice-president of th...

My Lords, as this is my first contribution to today’s proceedings, I draw the attention of the Gr...

My Lords, as I have not spoken at all on this Bill, perhaps it is right that I declare my interes...

In this case, it is not a question of fault. The tenants have offered to pay the cost of the refe...

I accept entirely what the noble Baroness said; I am glad that we are probably much more ad idem ...

My Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register, in particular that with my wife I am...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a landlord. I think one’s week rent is fairly good and clear a...

I believe that the noble Baroness is talking about the use of deposits at the end of a tenancy, w...

I accept what the noble Baroness says but I think she will find that a deposit is usually paid by...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords very much for participating in the debate on this part of the Bill....

On the point about slowing the legislation down, the Bill will come into force. Most of the provi...

The noble Lord is right up to a point. That is the case but, obviously, it would be extended if w...

Could the noble Lord address guidance again? This will come up again and again as we go through t...

May I contribute to that question by saying that it has already been done with regard to default?...

My Lords, those are two very separate points. On guidance versus regulations, the noble Lord will...

I thank the Minister, especially for agreeing to take a look at multiple holdings. I look forward...

On the guidance, I accept the noble Lord’s point that it is a question of judgment and that he ca...

My Lords, I am not sure that I do accept that. It is different in nature: some things are better ...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

2: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, Amendment 2 seeks to enable a deposit to be transferred to another landlord or letting ...

My Lords, my name is attached to Amendments 15 and 16 in this group. Amendment 2 is a very reason...

My Lords, I am very pleased that these amendments have been tabled. They enable me to make one or...

I support the amendment on transferable deposits. It is an absolutely commendable concept. How ca...

My Lords, the question of how much deposit you can pay back immediately to a tenant is a difficul...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have participated in this debate. In particular, I thank th...

My Lords, perhaps I may ask the Minister two questions on points I raised earlier. The first is t...

On a similar point, we understand that in the Queen’s Speech the Government mentioned a period of...

I thank noble Lords for those points. The consideration was around the notion of an upper limit, ...

My Lords, in connection with what was mentioned earlier about tenants who do not have a particula...

My Lords, I am happy to pass that on to the working group, but one has to be careful what one wis...

I want to come back to deposits. I accept that it is not easy to sort out, but a tenant in the pr...

My Lords, the noble Lord will know that I have a lot of sympathy with that point, not only in thi...

In the Queen’s Speech, the cap was announced as four weeks. The Government have looked at this an...

My Lords, it is good to see the noble Lord being so supportive of the Queen’s Speech, on this occ...

I thank the noble Lord for that. I will leave it there and seek to withdraw the amendment, but it...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

3: After Clause 5, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, Amendment 3 seeks to shine some light on the whole process for the benefit of landlords...

My Lords, I will briefly express my support for the amendment. It seems to be extremely helpful. ...

My Lords, the first part of this amendment is, to put it bluntly, a no-brainer. It is perfectly r...

My Lords, as the Minister knows, I am very concerned that people are letting their flats for shor...

I would like to offer a word of support for the intent behind this proposed new clause. Perhaps t...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who participated in the discussion on Amendment 3. I will seek ...

I thank the Minister for that. I hope he can help us with a couple of points. He said earlier tha...

My Lords, I am very happy to. On the point made by the noble Lord—in relation not just to respons...

Obviously, at this stage I will withdraw the amendment. I just want to address the points made by...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

4: After Clause 7, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, Amendments 4 and 5 in my name are concerned with enforcement in respect of the costs in...

My Lords, I am interested to hear the Minister’s response to this. Of the two amendments, Amendme...

My Lords, the co-pilot is in charge of this leg of the legislative journey, so there might be som...

My Lords, although an answer was given earlier by the other Minister, why in a Written Answer to ...

As my noble friend the Minister said a few moments ago, the Bill covers assured shortholds and ot...

Before I withdraw my amendment, can the Minister tell me something about the amount of money prov...

About 125 trading standards offices could potentially be eligible for this. It would be wrong to ...

I thank the Minister for that answer. I accept that the money may not necessarily be divided up. ...

I hope the noble Lord will accept that, unlike other occasions when new responsibilities have bee...

Will the proceeds of the financial penalties be hypothecated for more enforcement? Trading standa...

I am happy to give the noble Lord the assurance that he seeks that the money will be reimbursed t...

I thank the Minister for his response, and all other noble Lords who spoke in the debate. At this...

Moved by

Baroness Grender

6: Clause 8, page 6, line 11, at end insert “, or

“(d...

My Lords, the purpose of Amendment 6 is to allow tenants seeking repayment of illegal fees at the...

My Lords, Amendment 6, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, would amend Clause 8, which is ...

I wonder if my noble friend will address the point raised by the noble Baroness when she referred...

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. The Bill proposes a number o...

My Lords, I was a little surprised at the Minister’s response on the question of compensation. We...

The noble Lord has a choice. He can have either a situation where the tenant gets the compensatio...

I think the Minister will find that, in other areas, people can be fined and be required to pay c...

I thank the Minister for his response, kind of. I gave four examples where, in industry, the Gove...

On my Amendment 8, if somebody has gone to a tribunal and the landlord has won then fair enough, ...

The defect in the noble Lord’s amendment is that, if the landlord won the appeal, he would still ...

Clearly, this must be a result of my poor drafting, as that was not my intention, which I hope I ...

I thank the Minister for his olive branch, which I happily and heartily accept. I look forward to...

My Lords, the Committee will recall that, as a result of pressure in this House and following the...

My Lords, I pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, for her imaginative use of Clause 21 ...

I wonder if I can help the noble Lord. I know he always worries when I get up and say that I am g...

I want to offer my support to the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, who has done so well in getting us...

My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who participated in the debate, and the noble Baroness, ...

The Minister is emphasising the point that if the money held by these large organisations is in c...

My Lords, I am absolutely clear on that. The cap that we are talking about will not be appropriat...

I thank the Minister. I think he has said more than in our meeting. In our meeting, he said that ...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

9: Clause 23, page 15, line 22, leave out subsection (2) and in...

My Lords, this grouping is extremely important. The intentions behind my Amendment 9 and the amen...

If Amendment 9 is agreed, I cannot call Amendment 10 because of pre-emption.

My Lords, Amendment 9, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, as we have heard from him, seeks to...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords who have participated in the consideration of enforcement autho...

Does the noble Lord accept that such guidance, compared with regulations, has less force behind i...

The noble Lord has made that point before. I think it is a case of what is appropriate. I absolut...

I accept that the noble Lord believes that this is appropriate. However, my point is that you can...

My Lords, I suspect that we disagree on this point. There are many occasions when I agree with th...

My Lords, I have found what the Minister has said helpful but I do not feel that it is satisfacto...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

11: After Clause 24, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, Amendment 11 seeks to put a new clause into the Bill. If agreed, it would require the S...

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for his amendment. I assure him that we plan to mo...

I thank the noble Lord for that response and I am pleased with some of the commitments that he ha...

Moved by

Baroness Barran

12: Clause 25, page 17, line 12, at end insert—

“(3A) ...

My Lords, this amendment builds on the points raised by my noble friend Lady Jenkin in her speech...

My Lords, very briefly, I spoke at Second Reading on the importance of exempting home-share schem...

My Lords, I am happy to have added my name to Amendment 12, proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady ...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for this amendment, in particular my noble friend Lady Barran. I wo...

My Lords, can I be absolutely clear on what the Minister is saying? He will bring back on Report ...

My Lords, I hope to engage with noble Lords ahead of that to discuss the way forward, but I am ke...

I thank my noble friend the Minister for his reassuring comments and warm reflections on the work...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

13: Clause 28, page 20, line 33, leave out “one ye...

In moving Amendment 13 I shall speak also to Amendment 14, which is tabled in my name. Both amend...

My Lords, I support these amendments. I have already raised my considerable concern about the tim...

I am grateful to noble Lords for taking part in the debate. They have made their impatience over ...

I thank the noble Lord for responding to the debate. I suppose that we will not agree, which is d...

Moved by

Baroness Grender

23: Schedule 1, page 24, line 30, leave out paragraph 4

Amendment 23 takes us to the default payments issue, which, as the Minister is aware, we have dis...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, for raising this. I wondered slightl...

I think we are all aware that if there is the possibility of a loophole being discovered, somebod...

My Lords, Amendment 23, moved by the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, has my full support. It would ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who participated in the debate on this important section of the...

I thank the Minister very much for that reply. I would of course welcome the opportunity to work ...

My Lords, the Committee has been sitting for nearly four hours, so I think that this might be a c...