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HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (Third sitting)The purpose of the clause is to specify the time limit for which arbitration under the Bill will be available. It will encourage landlords and tenants to engage and attempt to…09 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (Third sitting)The clause defines “protected rent debt”, a key concept of the Bill, so that landlords and tenants have certainty about what is in the scope of arbitration. The definition for…09 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (Third sitting)I think that we all agree about the importance of having the right arbitrators in place to carry out this important work. The Bill already contains steps to ensure that…09 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (First sitting)Q In the last sitting, Melanie Leech expressed concern about having a system like this set up for small landlord and tenant issues, compared with some of the bigger and more…07 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (First sitting)That point is very well made as well. Thank you.07 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (First sitting)Thank you. Astrid, same question to you. Astrid Cruickshank: I have to say that I think it is quite unfortunate that we need this system at all. I try to speak to all my tenants.…07 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (Second sitting)Q To follow up on your point, Martin, about businesses that are not within the scope, it is a really difficult balance to get right without swamping the system such that it is not…07 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (First sitting)Q I have a similar question to that I asked the last panel. From what you were saying, I think you agree that the legislation will be able to bring certainty to landlords. I know…07 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (First sitting)Fantastic. Thank you very much.07 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (Second sitting)Q We talked a bit about the scale of the problem. Government signalled that we were going to legislate in this area. Can you give us an idea of what that did? Did it kick- start…07 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (Second sitting)Q Jack and Andrew, do you have any other reflections on the code? Andrew Goodacre: This code is so much stronger than the previous code in 2020. We are moving in the right…07 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (First sitting)Q Do you think signifying that we are legislating has helped move things on significantly? Have people priced this in to their discussions now? Dominic Curran: I would not be able…07 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (First sitting)Q The code of practice will remain an important part of the solution. How has it helped over the past few months Dominic Curran: In all honesty, members report that the code of…07 Dec 2021HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill (First sitting)Q Can you give us an idea from the retail perspective of how significant the problem of rent arrears still is? Dominic Curran: I think it is less of a problem than it is for UK…07 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (Amendment to Schedule 3) (England) Order 2021It is indeed a technical scheme. On primary authorities, instead of having businesses go to the local authority for any area it might operate in, the regulation allows businesses…29 Nov 2021HANSARDDraft Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (Amendment to Schedule 3) (England) Order 2021That is a good question, and I will come back to it in a second. We have worked together to come to this point, and businesses support what we are doing here. The regulation has…29 Nov 2021HANSARDDraft Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (Amendment to Schedule 3) (England) Order 2021Wales has public health delegated to it, and it has decided to go a different way. We will indeed work with the Welsh Senedd in ensuring that, even if we have a slightly different…29 Nov 2021HANSARDDraft Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (Amendment to Schedule 3) (England) Order 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (Amendment to Schedule 3) (England) Order 2021. It is a pleasure to serve…29 Nov 2021HANSARDDraft Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008 (Amendment to Schedule 3) (England) Order 2021It is exactly as the hon. Lady describes: the regulation concerns businesses that operate in different areas. The Secretary of State will designate the primary authority. I can…29 Nov 2021HANSARDDepartmental Contingent Liability Notification: Recovery Loan SchemeI am tabling this statement for the benefit of right hon. and hon. Members to bring to their attention the details of the extension to the recovery loan scheme (RLS) announced by…26 Nov 2021