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HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)We welcome the introduction of performance improvement plans as a sensible measure to drive up standards where registered providers are falling short. I would, however, like to…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)I have to say that I am slightly disappointed with the Minister’s speech. I am not convinced by her arguments. There is clearly a debate here about how prescriptive we should be…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)If a provider has failed all the tests in the clause, what other powers might the regulator use if it did not feel that emergency remedial action was necessary? What other things…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)We strongly support the introduction of routine inspections of social landlords. We therefore welcome clause 29. I would like to take the opportunity once again to commend the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)I do not want to engage the hon. Member in a prolonged discussion about “may” and “must”—we had enough of that with his private Member’s Bill. We are open to a discussion about…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)Absolutely right. We finish with an important new clause. It relates to what comes under the rubric of consumer standards as defined by the Bill. Since its initial publication in…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)We welcome the Government’s decision, in response to concerns raised during the passage of the Building Safety Act 2022, to carry out a consultation on the introduction of…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for that point—it is a point well made. I do not have a comprehensive answer to hand. There are provisions in this clause that apply to mandatory…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)We welcome the concession made by the Government in the other place on professional training and qualifications, and the resulting inclusion of the clause in the Bill. However, if…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)I will touch on that. The Chartered Institute of Housing does a considerable amount of work in this area. For reasons I will come on to, however, the review that it is undertaking…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)At the outset, I should thank the Greater Manchester Law Centre for its support in drafting the new clause, the purpose of which is to probe the Government’s rationale for not…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)I beg to move amendment 16, in clause 29, page 23, line 36, leave out lines 36 to 39 and insert— “(a) the inspection of every registered provider within four years of the…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)The proposed tenant satisfaction measures scheme, as outlined in the social housing White Paper and underpinned by the provisions in the clause, has the potential to be an…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)That was an incredibly informed and helpful debate. I just want to say at the outset that we fully appreciate how complex an area of law and regulation this is. I have done enough…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the Minister for her explanation of the clause and for the response to the two new clauses tabled by the Opposition. As the Minister has made clear, with a view to…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ LORDS ] (Second sitting)Before we suspended, the hon. Member for Walsall North pressed me on what he felt was an inaccuracy in my statement that journalists were not covered by the provisions. The…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I beg to move amendment 14, in clause 2, page 1, line 18, at end insert— “(2A) The Panel may provide information and advice to the Secretary of State about, or on matters…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)For all its technical complexity, the Bill is ultimately about those who live in social housing and overhauling regulation to ensure that they are treated fairly by landlords who…29 Nov 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [ Lords ] (First sitting)I thank the Minister for that helpful response, and I take on board the concerns she raised about the amendments. I am slightly concerned about the lack of what we would consider…29 Nov 2022