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HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q I would like to ask the panel for their views on issues around insurance. You can get different kinds of landlord insurance; some are optional and some are not. Some provide you…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Particularly given your experience in Scotland, it is valuable to have you as a witness. Your organisation talks about wanting to improve the effectiveness and affordability of…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q I have two questions, and perhaps we can start with the one that is relevant to both organisations. Both of you have expressed concerns about the enforcement burden that…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Councillor Hug, do you have anything to add to that point? Cllr Adam Hug: To echo that, I think it is important to understand where we are starting from. We have seen…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q That is a point I made on Second Reading, so I entirely agree. Under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, local authorities are significant users of the private rented sector…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q You froze for a moment there. We missed about the last 20 seconds. Cllr Adam Hug: Apologies; I was just saying that the biggest area of concern about our homelessness duties is…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Anny, I would like to ask about your view on the enforcement regime. Do you feel that what has been outlined in the Bill and how it is likely to be reflected in the real world…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)There are three questions, but I have forgotten the third one, so I will ask you those two questions and then find the third question and come back with it, if I may. Matthew…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you; I suspect that that is exactly the issue. I have a final point. A number of the witnesses today have made a point that clarity about what is permissive versus what is…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Can we move on to licensing schemes? I know there has been much debate in the local government world about them, and I have seen at first hand their operation in London. Would…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Could we address the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 element? It is common for local authorities to engage with private rented sector landlords and act as guarantor to secure a…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Briefly, there is another subset of a broader issue around things like the decent homes standard. We have heard from various sources of evidence that there is a need to ensure…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q I have two related questions. First, as has been said by all three of you, there will be an ombudsman, a tribunal and a court, all of which will have a slightly different role.…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q This is a very broad-based panel with different perspectives. My first question is about the impact on housing associations. Could you each give us a brief introduction from the…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Propertymark called for new grounds that would allow landlords who rent houses—HMOs, or houses in multiple occupation—to students to seek possession in advance of the academic…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you have a view of how that impacts on, or relates to, property that has been converted to be student accommodation, as opposed to that which is purpose built? Many of us…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q The situation with student rentals has been a much aired part of this process so far. Can I ask a couple of questions about the way in which the Bill interacts with students?…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Final question: what are the main consequences you expect from the Bill for residential landlords and tenants in the private rented sector? Anna Evans: For tenants, the…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q That is enormously helpful, because clearly, the Bill is very similar to the legislative underpinning of what is going on in Scotland. We are also interested in how it will…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q I have one final question. I would like to explore the specifically rural and agricultural aspect of this. I know it is common in rural areas for properties to have things like…22 Oct 2024