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HANSARDRenters (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 (First sitting)Perfect; thank you. We will await that.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 (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 (First sitting)Q So you are saying that the Bill will create an atmosphere in which people will not need to take cases to the tribunal, because these things will be resolved before between…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Mr Gray, I should also have said that I sit on the legal working group for a radical housing co-operative association.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)That is its title; I did not choose it. Examination of Witnesses Paul Dennett and Richard Blakeway gave evidence.14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q So 1 and 1A are basically the only protections. Is there a danger that this will become the default tenancy and landlords will not offer periodic tenancies, or would you require…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Ben, you propose six months on both sides, but you seem to be suggesting that a student or someone would maliciously come in for a month, and then say, “I’m off.” Is it not the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q I asked this question of the last panel. Putting aside whether the six months is on both landlords and renters or one or the other, should there be a protection every time a…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 The Government said in the King’s Speech that they wanted to bring forward amendments to prevent what is often called “No DSS” discrimination—“no benefits” discrimination.…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q There is currently a system of selective licensing that some local authorities can do, but they have quite a high threshold of burden to demonstrate it and it requires the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)I am just trying to tease this out.14 Nov 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillIs there not a particular problem with the evidence that the rent tribunals will look at? The proposal is that they will look at the average market rents, but the local housing…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillOn the enhanced grounds for antisocial behaviour, I have one constituent who has been evicted because their baby was crying too much, and another who has been evicted because her…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillI would love to, but we do not have much time. However, there needs to be some discussion about what compensation someone will be given if they are no-fault evicted: for example,…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Renters (Reform) BillLet me first refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and declare that I am the co-chair of the all-party parliamentary group for renters and…23 Oct 2023HANSARD Dangerous DrugsHow many tonnes of beer cans were collected?12 Sept 2023