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Housing and Regeneration Bill

I should have made it clear that we had tabled government amendments to respond to and indeed to go further than the DPRR Committee recommendations, and as such we did not need to rely on the noble Lord's amendment. But as a result of the mix-up, we have withdrawn two government amendments that we had intended to move in this group because they would conflict with Amendment No. 110XD. I hope that noble Lords will permit me to rectify the matter at the Report stage. I turn now to Amendment No. 117BZA tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Dixon-Smith. This is a technical amendment which gives effect to a recommendation of the DPRR Committee in respect of the power to make consequential amendments. As I have said, all orders under Clause 319 are subject to the affirmative procedure. This is explicitly required under Clause 318(3)(b). The committee's view was that this procedure was only appropriate when an Act is amended, and we agree with that. We have already discussed the government amendments which have a similar effect. With that explanation, I hope that I will be forgiven for getting this wrong and that we can move swiftly to conclude the Committee's proceedings. On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendment No. 117A not moved.] [Amendment No. 117AA had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.]