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HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Any more for any more? Liz Davies KC: I have two points. It is excellent that you have prevented bidding wars. Clause 4, I think, is about advance rent, and we were just…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Sorry to pull you up, but we have not consulted on it yet. We have not told you what it consists of yet; you are pre-empting it. Is it the principle? Judicaelle Hammond: No, it…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Thank you.22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Perhaps I can just check this, because I am not entirely clear: did your organisation author the Nationwide Foundation report? Anna Evans: Yes.22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (First sitting)Q What do you think we should look at for options around improved alternative dispute resolution mechanisms? Ben Beadle: One of the things with section 21 is that you have an…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Would you accept that this is less of a problem if we are confident that the 12-month no re-let period is enforceable? Then, in a sense, there is a serious disincentive for…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q So I think it would be worth teasing something out, because it was an interesting report. To touch on what you just said, I took from the report that the tenancy reform in…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you all for coming to give us your expert opinion. I have two questions, one specific and one general. First, to follow up on grounds 1 and 1A, I understand the general…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (First sitting)Thank you.22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (First sitting)Q Understood. By the way, there is no dispute on the Government side of the Committee as to the fact that the court system is on its knees after the past 14 years. I have one last…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (First sitting)Q That is useful. So you accept the “not backdating” point. I thought you took issue with the backdating and wanted it at the point of— Ben Beadle: No, no—well, I take issue with…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (First sitting)Q Would you accept the corresponding argument from the other side that there are already very low numbers of tenants taking their cases to tribunal, and that if each of those…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)Yes, that is very useful. Thank you. Anna Evans: In terms of the differences between your Bill and the private residential tenancy, I have to confess that I am not an expert on…22 Oct 2024HANSARDRenters' Rights Bill (Second sitting)You are nodding vigorously, which is a good indicator, but have you got views more widely about the changes that we have made on antisocial behaviour—about being able to take…22 Oct 2024HANSARD Estate Adoption: North-east EnglandIt is a real pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Harris. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Cramlington and Killingworth (Emma Foody) on securing this important…15 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillIf my hon. Friend will allow me, I am about to come to the ombudsman, but I would like to make a point about affordability. Concern was expressed by several hon. Members about…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillI will bring forward further detail as the Bill progresses, but those conversations with Ministry of Justice colleagues are ongoing, and they are constructive. We want to get to a…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillIt is a real pleasure to close this Second Reading debate, and I thank all hon. and right hon. Members who participated in it. Members from all parts of the House have spoken with…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We think that the legislation will take the burden off advice charities. The database provisions will ensure that tenants and landlords have…09 Oct 2024HANSARD Renters’ Rights BillNo. The right hon. Member has had her time. We strongly refute the central contention in the reasoned amendment that the Bill fails to provide security and affordability for…09 Oct 2024