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HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a real pleasure to begin our line-by-line consideration with you in the Chair, Mr Gray. It is a genuine privilege to serve on a Committee with such evident expertise in the…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I take on board what the Minister says about the rationale for the 24-month period for social rented landlords. The situation he mentioned would not arise if he accepted amendment…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 152, in schedule 1, page 74, leave out line 7. This amendment would retain the existing 12-month period within which the landlord can initiate proceedings…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 136, in clause 3, page 3, leave out lines 21 and 22 and insert— “1, 1A, 1B, 2, 2ZA, 2ZB, 6, 6A four months beginning with the date of service of the notice…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 180, in schedule 1, page 74, line 20, leave out “After Ground 8” and insert “Before Ground 9”. This amendment would move new Ground 8A from the list of…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)The amendments, which stand in my name and the names of my hon. Friends, concern the proposed new mandatory ground 8A that is inserted into the 1988 Act by paragraph 22 of…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)Clause 3, as we have discussed, amends the grounds for possession in schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988. Once section 21 has finally been removed from that Act through the…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 147, which stands in my name and the names of my hon. Friends the Members for Weaver Vale, for North Tyneside and for Brighton, Kemptown. As we have…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)Those were two very helpful explanations of why these amendments are necessary. On that basis, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn .21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise to speak to amendment 148 in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Weaver Vale. Paragraph 18 of schedule 1 amends ground 6 in schedule 2 to the 1988 Act. As the…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I will be very brief. The Minister and I discussed this subject outside the Committee earlier. As he knows, the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 has created a new kind of…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)That scenario raises an interesting question that takes us back to the debate we had on ground 1. As the Minister has just argued, landlords who wish to substantially redevelop…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)The Committee will have noted that. I have no doubt that lettings services run by universities and student unions have an important and effective part to play in driving up…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the Minister for his explanation, but it lacked detail; I am still not particularly clear on the Government’s rationale for drafting and tabling the amendment as it…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)I will not withdraw the amendment; I am going to press it to a vote because, again, I do not think the Government have got the balance right. I do not think that two months’…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)We do take a different view, because, as I have said, it is reasonable that landlords should offer first refusal to tenants. I do not know how many landlords out there are…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)My colleagues behind me are making the case for me. In that scenario, I respectfully say that the landlord could legitimately exercise ground 1 and, within six months, take the…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)We are disappointed with the Minister’s response, for the following reasons. We will, no doubt, hear ad nauseam about the Government’s intention and the obvious need, with which…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)That is welcome, but I think the concern is still there, because what does the guidance say? We do not know. What proof does it ask for? We have a clear set of evidential…21 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)As we have already discussed, clause 3 amends the grounds for possession in schedule 2 to the Housing Act 1988, by means of the changes set out in schedule 1 to the Bill.…21 Nov 2023