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Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Monday, 16 June 2008, in the House of Lords.

Housing and Regeneration Bill

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
702 c303-60GC 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Communities and Local Government
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New clauses
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House of Lords Grand Committee
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c357GC (Link to this contribution) I did not ask any other questions about Amendment No. 109ZD. The other amendment was Amendment No. 1...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c358GC (Link to this contribution) I think that local authorities are in a particular position. It is always difficult to know how to r...
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Baroness Hamwee | 702 c354GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that. The term ““mismanagement”” is defined in Clause 274. I am not sure whether, ...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c349GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the Minister’s explanation. On Amendment No. 108ZBF, she talked about flexibility....
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c346GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for all that, and am happy with the responses to the second and third amendments. I am...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c339-40GC (Link to this contribution) I almost feel like saying, ““Before the Minister sits down””, because I am very grateful for that ex...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c337-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 107D: 107D: After Clause 123, insert the following new Clause— ““Accountabilit...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c336GC (Link to this contribution) I said that, but it could be up to 42 days. I understand what the noble Baroness is saying. Amendme...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c333GC (Link to this contribution) I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendment No. 105B not mov...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c331-2GC (Link to this contribution) We have had two rather different but equally important debates. On the amendment of the noble Barone...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c329-30GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 104BB: 104BB: Clause 99, page 43, line 20, at end insert— ““( ) undertake rese...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c309GC (Link to this contribution) I think I said that I must have fallen asleep at the end of objective 2 and not read objective 3, wh...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c306GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak briefly to Amendment No. 102ZD. My noble friend Lady Hamwee has already set out why th...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c360GC (Link to this contribution) This may be an appropriate time to adjourn the Committee until 3.45 pm on Wednesday.
Baroness Andrews | 702 c357-8GC (Link to this contribution) That is a major question. The amendment seeks to add to the list of bodies that must be consulted on...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c356GC (Link to this contribution) I have two amendments in this group. First, I congratulate the Government, who are dealing with prob...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c358-60GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her response to this group of amendments. My first amendment, Amendment No....
Baroness Andrews | 702 c352-4GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the noble Baroness’s explanation of the amendments. Amendment No. 108ZFA is about ...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c352GC (Link to this contribution) I have some amendments in this group, but first may I say how helpful it was to have the Minister’s ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c350-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 108ZC: 108ZC: Clause 170, page 72, line 8, at end insert— ““(1A) But a non-pro...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c355GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 108ZH: 108ZH: After Clause 174, insert the following new Clause— ““Notificatio...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c349-50GC (Link to this contribution) Thank you. That is very helpful. On the term ““properly””, I am reassured by its use in other legisl...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c344-6GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the noble Baroness’s amendment. We should put these issues on the record. An expla...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c342-3GC (Link to this contribution) There have been some interesting contributions during this short discussion. The amendments are very...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c343GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his response. I am more particularly grateful to the noble Barones...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c343-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 108ZA: 108ZA: Clause 144, page 60, line 38, at end insert— The noble Baroness...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c340GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 107E: 107E: Clause 127, page 53, line 17, at beginning insert ““Subject to gui...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c337GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 107C: 107C: Clause 121, page 51, line 26, at end insert— ““(3) The Secretary o...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c337GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Government for enabling my honourable friend to leave his mark on the legislation. I hav...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c336GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment No. 107BC leaves intact the words ““at least”” before the 14 days. If I have understood th...
Baroness Fookes | 702 c335GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee stands adjourned for 10 minutes, as judged by the annunciator, because the clock is no...
Viscount Eccles | 702 c334GC (Link to this contribution) I ask that the noble Baroness gives consideration to the possibility that it is quite a serious appr...
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde | 702 c319-20GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend Lord Filkin said that anyone who believes in tenant empowerment will support this am...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c317-8GC (Link to this contribution) There is a sort of parallel to this situation; it is not precise in any way at all but I think that ...
Lord Filkin | 702 c311-5GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 103B: 103B: Clause 88, page 40, line 26, at end insert ““and to devise and pro...
Viscount Eccles | 702 c332GC (Link to this contribution) I shall await the letter with interest. It may answer questions on why this practice has become unne...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c328-9GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for reminding me of the detail in the amendment. It still raises the...
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 702 c303GC (Link to this contribution) I remind the Committee that if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting the Committee...
Lord Geddes | 702 c360GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee stands adjourned until Wednesday 18 June at 3.45 pm.
Baroness Andrews | 702 c356-7GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think that it is because these clauses are not worthy of more fundamental changes; I think ...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c358GC (Link to this contribution) What other stakeholders does the noble Baroness have in mind? Or is that an unfair question at 7.30 ...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c355-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 109ZA: 109ZA: Clause 191, page 81, line 31, leave out ““complaints by tenants ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c358GC (Link to this contribution) I am very happy to deal with unfair questions as well. I was thinking, for example, of organisations...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c354GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness for drawing that to my attention. In that clause I was using it ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c354-5GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 108ZG: 108ZG: Clause 174, page 73, line 27, leave out from ““provider”” to ““t...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c354GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 108ZF: 108ZF: Clause 172, page 72, line 23, leave out ““non-profit”” On Quest...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c347GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 108ZBE: 108ZBE: Clause 165, page 70, line 36, leave out ““properly”” The nobl...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c347GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment No. 108ZBEA is tabled in my name and is in this group. I am concerned with the part of the...
Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde | 702 c340-1GC (Link to this contribution) I take almost entirely the point made by the noble Lord, but I thought immediately of a situation th...
Viscount Eccles | 702 c341-2GC (Link to this contribution) I speak in support of the amendment proposed by my noble friend Lord Dixon-Smith and also on my amen...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c336-7GC (Link to this contribution) Given that the criteria for deregistration are very clear and are linked with criteria for registrat...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c335GC (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the Committee do now adjourn for a period of no longer than 10 minutes.
Viscount Eccles | 702 c334GC (Link to this contribution) I would like to know whether it was considered that this should be done by order rather than by, I a...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c334GC (Link to this contribution) It would be done by a written letter, not by a formal order. That is the point.
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c333GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 105A: 105A: Clause 107, page 45, line 13, at beginning insert ““In the circums...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c320GC (Link to this contribution) I shall speak briefly because the noble Lord, Lord Best, and the noble Baroness, Lady Dean, have cov...
Lord Filkin | 702 c326-7GC (Link to this contribution) I am particularly grateful for my noble friend’s tone and for the offer she has made to give thought...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c320-6GC (Link to this contribution) That was an excellent debate. I am extremely grateful to my noble friend Lord Filkin for giving us t...
Lord Best | 702 c315-7GC (Link to this contribution) I am partially but not entirely supportive of the amendment. I very much look forward to hearing how...
Viscount Eccles | 702 c318-9GC (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Lord, Lord Filkin, although by the time I finish I am not sure he will think tha...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c328GC (Link to this contribution) There seem to be four areas: namely, that it provides tenants with information about the exercise of...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c331GC (Link to this contribution) When we were dealing with the accounts of the HCA, I asked the same question, and I shall ask it aga...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c330GC (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment tabled by my noble friend Lady Hamwee. It will add a significant amount of r...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c327GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 104AA: 104AA: After Clause 88, insert the following new Clause— ““Duty to invo...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c327-8GC (Link to this contribution) This is another extremely important issue, which is closely related to the long debate that we have ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c355GC (Link to this contribution) The Lord Deputy Chairman will be very disappointed by this response. I ask that the Committee agrees...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c354GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 108ZD and 108ZE: 108ZD: Clause 171, page 72, line 13, leave out subsections ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c355GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 108ZJ: 108ZJ: Clause 176, page 74, line 32, at end insert— ““(1A) The regulato...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c347-9GC (Link to this contribution) These are three forensic amendments. I am not entirely certain that the noble Baroness is going to b...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c349GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her explanation, which was much as I expected it to be. I re...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c346-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 108ZB: 108ZB: Clause 145, page 61, line 39, at end insert ““or by the regulato...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c344GC (Link to this contribution) I have a number of amendments in the group, but I will not speak to Amendment No. 108ZBA. There have...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c338-9GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord has kindly explained the amendments together. Amendment No. 107D would introduce a ne...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c337GC (Link to this contribution) To save on the letter, we intend that they are all covered; that is sensible. However, we would need...
Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c336GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Baroness for her point. We take the view that it is right that deregistra...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c335-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 107BA: 107BA: Clause 118, page 50, line 14, leave out ““may”” and insert ““sha...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c332-3GC (Link to this contribution) I was amused by the reference in Clause 97(4) to, "““the consent of the Secretary of State””" to fi...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c335GC (Link to this contribution) The point of specifying the need for some differential is that, of the 1,900 RSLs, the majority are ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c335GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 107B: 107B: Clause 117, page 50, line 7, leave out paragraph (a) On Question,...
Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c334-5GC (Link to this contribution) I have a query on Clause 117(4) which says, "““The regulator may set different fees, and make differ...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c333-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 107A: 107A: Clause 117, page 50, line 5, at end insert— ““(6A) Principles do n...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c333GC (Link to this contribution) The amendments query whether the circumstances set out in subsection (2) are the only circumstances ...
Baroness Hamwee | 702 c317GC (Link to this contribution) I am extremely glad that the noble Lord, Lord Best, went first, because I have been wondering how to...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c309-10GC (Link to this contribution) At this stage, that is a gracious explanation. I will not reply to the amendment in that case. I tu...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c310-1GC (Link to this contribution) This has been an interesting and far-reaching debate. The noble Baroness talked about objective 10 b...
Viscount Eccles | 702 c330-1GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment No. 105 in my name covers a rather different subject; I should perhaps have pointed that o...
Earl Cathcart | 702 c329GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that reply and some assurances in some areas. I look forward to the amendme...
Baroness Andrews | 702 c306-9GC (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Mawson, for so seamlessly picking up our debate where we ...
Lord Mawson | 702 c303-6GC (Link to this contribution) The key point that I was attempting to make before I was interrupted by the Division Bell is that th...
Subjects
Complaints Accountability Disadvantaged Accountancy Community development Credit Housing Finance Fees and charges Housing associations Housing Corporation English Partnerships Landlord and tenant Low incomes Registration Standards Voluntary organisations Regulation Social rented housing Tenants Rented housing Regeneration Secure tenancies Homes and Communities Agency
Legislation
Housing and Regeneration Bill 2007-08
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