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HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q Do you think that there is a risk of discrimination, with landlords attempting to filter out pet owners so that they do not have to encounter the unreasonable refusal provision?…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you for giving up your time to come and talk to us this afternoon. You will no doubt welcome clause 7. Do you have any concerns that landlords may attempt not to advertise…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q Gentlemen, thank you for coming to give evidence. As you know, the Government have tied the enactment of chapter 1 of part 1 of the Bill to court improvements. The best sense we…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Can I ask about the portal? At the moment it is a broad framework of powers, and we think that there are requirements that should be woven into it. I am thinking, for example,…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Maybe I could invite you all to share any further thoughts you have down the line. Liz Davies: We will write in.16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have two questions, the first of which relates to standards. The Government have tabled an amendment introducing a version of the decent homes standard. I wondered what your…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do I take it from your answers that it is partly a resourcing point, but it is not just resourcing; it is the skills and capacity? Linda Cobb: It is, yes. Enforcement teams…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q 135 I thank each of you for coming to give evidence to us. I have two questions. The first relates to the amended grounds for possession, which we have discussed numerous times…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you for coming to give evidence to us. Chapter 3 of part 2 sets up a new database as a prelude to the portal, and we very much welcome it. We think it is actually one of…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q The Government dropped 111 pages of amendments on us on Tuesday evening, which is not particularly good practice—I will put that on the record—so you may not have had a chance…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I have three questions, if we can squeeze them in—I will get in as many as I can. Do tenants have enough power to enforce the measures in this Bill via rent repayment orders,…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q There is concern about a number of the either amended or new grounds for possession. I want to ask you specifically about the changes made to ground 14 and what they might mean…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q Just to be clear, do you agree with Mr Miller that we should introduce the new system and then look to improve the courts, or do you think that it would be fair to instead…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)Q On a completely different issue, we have spent a lot of time discussing chapter 1 of part 1—reforms to the tenancy structure, grounds for possession and so on—and relatively…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q 98 Thank you for coming to give evidence to us. Your association and members have expressed concerns about the impact of measures in the Bill on rural businesses and…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q We all want a court system that works. We hope we will get one at some point! Separately from that, what are the particular concerns about the amended grounds for possession in…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you for coming to give evidence. You will no doubt touch on your wider concerns in answer to other questions, but I want to ask you specifically about student…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q Would you accept that if the private rented sector is overhauled and improved, for example if we drive up standards, there should hopefully be a trend towards tenants not…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)Q I have got that wrong; my apologies. In that case, could you expand on the concerns you touched on in your introduction about the grounds for possession and the notice period?…16 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)I suppose it was about their application—I think Mr Mullings has answered on whether they should be expanded in principle. Giles Peaker: I would agree. I think that since the…16 Nov 2023