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HANSARDRenters (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 (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 (First sitting)Q With your leave, Mr Gray, I would like to ask each of the witnesses a separate question, if possible. First, to Paul on local authority capacity, the White Paper committed the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Richard, on the landlord redress scheme, we have just had a discussion about whether the Bill is prescriptive enough on how the ombudsman would operate. I am taking it as a…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q May I turn to court improvements? We have discussed how the abolition of section 21 is now linked to them. Non-accelerated possessions are not taking significantly longer than…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q As we have you here and you have unique access to residents and organisations that represent residents, I wonder whether I could push you on some areas that are not covered in…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for attending, Mr Fletcher. I want to ask you about build to rent. In terms of supply, build to rent is mainly catering to—let’s say—the top half of the market, rather…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Returning to possession grounds, concerns have been raised about new grounds 1, 1A and 6A and the changes to existing ground 14. I want to ask the witnesses a question about the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for coming to give evidence. Could I ask you about the decent homes standard? In what is, I must say, a very welcome move—we have been very clear about that—the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you both, and good afternoon. Given your extensive expertise in this area, could I ask a general question about whether the Bill strikes the right balance between the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q Very specifically, you have had access to No. 10. What are the x, y and z that you are going in and saying need to be in place before chapter 1 of part 1 can be introduced? What…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q I want to ask a niche question about local authority investigatory and enforcement powers; I hope I explain myself clearly enough for you to understand. There is the issue we…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Briefly on the breaches and penalties, how extensively do you think rent repayment orders should run through the Bill as a back-up? I am talking about the clause 9 and 10…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Just the one route? Professor Hodges: I would have one for the entire property and housing sector, and this is not the first time that I have said that. My ombudsman and judge…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q We asked the previous three witnesses a variety of questions and touched on the issue of supply. I want to ask these witnesses about that. Mr Beadle, I was intrigued to read the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q 38 Thank you to the witnesses for coming to give evidence to us. I want to start off with possession grounds. We have heard from the Government, and from a number of the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (First sitting)Q It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Mr Gray. I will start with section 21. This was the Government’s manifesto commitment and is in many ways the centrepiece of the…14 Nov 2023HANSARDRenters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)Q Very quickly, specifically on ground 8A, which we discussed this morning, what is the view of the CIH on whether it should be removed from or remain in the Bill? If it should…14 Nov 2023