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HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)As we have heard, new clause 5 seeks to abolish selective licensing. This would remove the ability of local authorities to set up a selective licensing scheme of any size in their…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)May I take this opportunity, Sir Roger, to put on the record my thanks to you and to the other Chairs of the Bill Committee? Several Committee members are new to the process, and…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for posing that question. I am confident that the provisions are comprehensive enough to deal with those sorts of eventualities. I think we will…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)Clauses 91 to 94 deal with the power to direct the database operator, amendments to the Housing and Planning Act 2016, provisions for joint landlords and the interpretation of…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)Let me, hopefully, bring the exchanges on this matter to a close. I have taken away from this a very valid point. Under the provisions in the clause, if landlords correct a matter…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for that question. To reassure him, any access to restricted information that is not displayed publicly through the database must be shown to…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to continue our proceedings with you in the Chair, Mr Betts. We now turn to clauses 84 to 86, which deal with access to the data collected on the database and the…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I will be fairly brief on these two clauses. Licensing requirements are a fundamental part of ensuring that HMOs and other rented properties are safe and well managed. Clause 102…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)I am afraid I will have to resist all three new clauses. Although I will try to limit it, I fear that I may be somewhat repetitive in doing so, because the Government’s logic in…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I will be fairly brief, because I am more than happy to go away and check whether this is an error on my part rather than that of the shadow Minister, but we have to be very clear…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)The Committee will forgive me for talking at some length to ensure that we fully set out the rationale for this large group of clauses. The group of clauses provides new…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I turn to part 5, on general provisions. Clause 134 sets out the meaning of three terms used in the Bill: “lease”, “local housing authority” and “the 1988 Act”. Clause 135 sets…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)These provisions deal with financial penalties. Schedule 5 sets out the process for a local housing authority to impose a financial penalty on a person and applies to clauses 39,…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)We have been in office for a little over 120 days, so the hon. Gentleman will forgive us for not publishing information about every action that we are taking. I will make him this…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I give way to the hon. Member for Taunton and Wellington.05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)We now move to part 3 of the Bill, concerning the decent homes standard. As members of the Committee will be aware, the private rented sector has the worst conditions of any…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I will speak briefly to the clauses in the group and then discuss the shadow Minister’s two amendments. Clause 142 provides how and when the provisions in the Bill will be brought…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)May I briefly intervene? I do not want to deprive the hon. Member for Broadland and Fakenham of an answer to his question about clause 124. I am told that the power is in place…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Roger. I thank the hon. Member for Bristol Central for moving the new clause tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for…05 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)I will come to the specific proposals under consideration for short-term lets and holiday lets. The use class was consulted on as one of a number of measures that the previous…05 Nov 2024