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HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI am not saying that; I am saying that the penalty for the person challenging their rent would be in the debt that accrued from the backdating. That is the point I was trying to…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillNo—you can put the rent up to market rates.28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMarket rates are usually driven by demand, not by what happens in the courts, so I do not think that will be the case. On Amendment 95, for too long tenants have been afraid to…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI understand the noble Baroness’s question. My understanding is that the year starts from the date the tribunal decisions are made, but I will check that and write to her.28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI will clarify that in the letter. Amendment 105 would require the Secretary of State to carry out a review of the impact of Clause 8 on the First-tier Tribunal, and to consult…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, and the noble Lords, Lord Jamieson, Lord Truscott and Lord Hacking, for their amendments in relation to rent in advance, and the…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI am coming on to the impact on vulnerable tenants, but it makes tenants far more vulnerable where they are being pushed to take on financial commitments well beyond their means…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI would just reiterate the comments I made to my noble friend that, having undertaken a tenancy, gone through the process of vetting and paid the deposit and the holding deposit,…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI thank the noble Lord for his question. I did respond earlier to the points in relation to the Home Office position. Because it is the work of another department, it would be…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I do not want to delay proceedings, and the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, might not agree with me, but I did fully answer the question of why we consider that payment of…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI think it is best to wait until I have the detail of the Serco arrangement before we debate that. As I said, I will give noble Lords a response in writing and place a copy in the…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillIn response to the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, I say that I too have been involved with a number of IT projects over the years, and I understand his scepticism. However, having…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Scott and Lady Thornhill, the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, for their amendments,…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillAs I hope I have already made clear, we do not want to slow down implementation. We think the reforms we are bringing forward are really important and very much overdue. We do not…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillThat is completely correct. We need to make sure we are taking account of the impact on the system from the start. We believe that over time it will reduce the volume of cases…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillAs I said, we are working very closely with our colleagues in the Ministry of Justice and the courts service. The digitisation process is already under way and is already costed,…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI thank the noble Earl for clarifying that point. Indeed, I was talking about the claims to order median timeliness being eight weeks. It is difficult to take measures from…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, for her amendment, which would allow the court to grant an order for possession of a property that houses school-aged children…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy apologies, I neglected to say that I am very happy to meet with the noble Baroness.28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for her amendments relating to notice periods for rent increases, and the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, for moving Amendment 72. I…28 Apr 2025