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HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)The second was that there needs to be some sort of amendment to allow you to give advice to and support tenants through the rent repayment order process. Dr Dawson: At the moment,…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)That needs an agreement between you, the portal and the housing ombudsperson. Dr Dawson: Yes.14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q In most assured shorthold tenancies at the moment, when you redo rent, you sign a new contract that then gives someone a six to 12-month protection. What we are now saying is,…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Richard, you are ready and willing to take on the ombudsperson duties in the Bill. At the moment there are myriad redress schemes for deposits in the private rented sector. You…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q So the property portal should be accessible for you to see that detail of it—potentially in public generally, or for the potential tenant? Fiona Rutherford: Importantly for the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Usually it is a dialogue, but anyway—14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Would you be against the idea of a nationally set ceiling? Ian Fletcher: I would be. I think that that is starting to look like rent controls, and that then comes with some of…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q The amount that the ombudsperson can award is currently capped. Should the cap should exist, and if so, should it be fixed at £25,000, or should it be linked to another, more…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Would it be useful? Richard Blakeway: Yes.14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q I am interested in this. Are you saying that in the fixed period, the landlord would not be able to execute any eviction grounds, or just not grounds 1, 1A and 1B? Theresa…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Ground 14A relates to the situation in which a social landlord wishes to evict the perpetrator of domestic abuse, where the partner has fled. Very often, it requires the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Yes. If we can get that, yes. [ Laughter. ] Ben Beadle: Well, from our side, it is no—absolutely not.14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q We have heard that within that period the court’s part is actually relatively strict; the bailiff’s part is the particular problem. Are you saying that it is the bailiff’s part…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q The British Property Federation has said: “The abolition of no-fault evictions needs to happen in tandem with…court reform.” What indicator explicitly do you think should be hit…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)We know that the Government have abandoned the EPC.14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Because the landlord has the power, and is renting the product out. The consumer is assessing whether they find that product useful. They have a very different relationship to…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q That would be much appreciated, so that we can get the right balance. On ground 6, you said that you would quite like the ability for redevelopment. We know that there have been…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Twenty-two weeks is for what, sorry? Ian Fletcher: Twenty-two weeks is the median time that a case takes to go from claim to possession at the moment.14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)You are saying you think work needs to be done but you are not quite sure of the solution yet. James Prestwich: Yes, that is probably the case.14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Should those two grounds be discretionary or mandatory, bearing in mind that often, through dialogue and discussion, a different outcome could be sought? Dr Rugg: The issue of…14 Nov 2023