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HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)Absolutely, and it is one of several ways that we think that, with some reasonable, common-sense amendments, we can strengthen the Bill so that every part of it works together. I…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 9 would insert proposed new section 16D into the 1988 Act. It places a duty on landlords to provide the tenant, as the Minister made clear, with a written statement of…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 158 and new clause 55, which stand in my name and in the name of my hon. Friends. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Shropshire.…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I welcome the Minister’s response and his commitment to look further at this matter. Although the mandatory duty is welcome, we have real concerns about the ability of local…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I very much welcome the hon. Gentleman’s intervention. I have covered all bases in our set of amendments. We will come to the preconditions and requirements that have developed…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to continue our line-by-line consideration of the Bill with you in the Chair, Mr Paisley. As you said, we adjourned on Tuesday with the Minister having responded…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)A point has just struck me. We heard from several advocacy organisations and charities that were sceptical about the need for this provision. Their concern was primarily about the…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I will not press the amendment to a vote. I welcome the clarification from the Minister about guidance being forthcoming and in a number of other areas. I think all our concerns…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I rise to speak to amendments 140 to 142. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for North Shropshire. We agree fully with the spirit behind amendments 132 to amendments 135,…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for that answer. On the length of the no-let period, I think there is just a genuine principled disagreement between the two sides of the Committee about…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I follow the Minister’s argument, but, under those circumstances, the no-let prohibition should apply from that point under that scenario, just as it would at the point when a…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)No, I genuinely do not. In a case where a tenant has felt so strongly that they are potentially being evicted unlawfully that they have taken the matter all the way to the court,…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I bridle slightly at the use of the word “allow”. [ Laughter. ] I have two questions for the Minister in relation to this clause. Under the provisions of the Housing Act 1988,…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I am still not clear why it is deemed appropriate under those two specific grounds for assured tenancies—as is currently the case—but not under the new system. However, I am not…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 183, in clause 7, page 8, line 36, leave out “42nd” and insert “14th”. This amendment would ensure a landlord gives or refuses consent in writing within 14…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)That was my understanding as well, so I am not sure what the Minister was saying about false, misleading or unfair practices. If that does not apply to bidding wars, it applies to…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)Forgive me if I missed it, but I do not think the Minister addressed the argument that underpins amendment 160. Why did the Government commit in their White Paper to limit the…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Eighth sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 159 and others tabled in my name and the names of my hon. Friends. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Brighton, Kemptown for tabling the six…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 177, in clause 4, page 3, line 34, at the beginning insert— “(1) In section 8 of the 1988 Act, after subsection (2) insert— ‘(2A) A notice under this…23 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Seventh sitting)I asked the Minister a very specific question about this new clause, to which I would be really grateful for an answer. Does new clause 1 in any way imply or direct landlords, by…23 Nov 2023