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Proceeding contribution from Christopher Chope (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 10 January 2012. It occurred during Debate on bill on Park Homes (Site Owner Licensing).


Park Homes (Site Owner Licensing)

I just want to put down a marker. Not everybody in the House thinks that the solution to this problem, which the hon. Member for St Austell and Newquay (Stephen Gilbert) rightly identifies, is the one that he proposes. As chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on mobile homes, I am well aware of the problems with park homes, particularly regarding their sale. Indeed, I introduced the Sale of Park Homes Bill, which sadly has not yet received a Second Reading. Not only that, but it has not even been printed, because I have been waiting until I have seen the consultation paper that the Government said they would publish last year. The Minister for Housing and Local Government is sitting on the Front Bench, and I hope that that consultation paper, which he has promised, will be published very soon. When it is, I anticipate that it will show that the solution—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
538 c77 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Caravan sites Licensing Ownership Park homes Standards
Legislation
Park Homes (Site Owner Licensing) Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk