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Housing and Regeneration Bill

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Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

702 c389-444GC 

Session

2007-08

Department

Department for Communities and Local Government

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

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Chamber / Committee

House of Lords Grand Committee

Related items

Housing and Regeneration Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 47-EN also published.
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
Bills
House of Lords

Deposited Paper DEP2008-1760
Wednesday, 2 July 2008
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c422-3GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her response. I have to say that I am not wholly persuaded about Amendment ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c413GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 110T and 110U: 110T: Clause 203, page 86, line 24, leave out ““or employees”...

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Lord Best | 702 c415GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the amendment, while suggesting that it might be extended beyond the tenants and the...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c419GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110W: 110W: Clause 213, page 89, line 15, at end insert— ““(ba) the Audit Comm...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c419-20GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110XA: 110XA: Clause 215, page 90, line 9, leave out ““consider”” and insert “...

Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde | 702 c415GC (Link to this contribution) I add my support. Tenants need a clear way in which they can make complaints and be listened to, and...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c428GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the amendment. Triggers are an important lever for the regulator when dealing with m...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c426-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 110AA and 110AB: 110AA: Clause 247, page 100, line 4, leave out subsection (...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c424-6GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness has drawn attention to a complex issue. I shall not be able to give her satisfact...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c426GC (Link to this contribution) I welcome that further explanation. At this juncture, I want to make a few points. The amendment ref...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 702 c421GC (Link to this contribution) We will adjourn the Committee. I think we are all aware that there will be quite a press in the Lobb...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c424GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110YA: 110YA: Clause 237, page 96, line 33, at end insert— ““( ) an applicant ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c413GC (Link to this contribution) It does save time and I thank the noble Baroness. On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendment No....

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c412GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110S: 110S: Clause 203, page 86, leave out line 20 and insert ““An individual ...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c415GC (Link to this contribution) It is an extremely important point. If the new clause is not correct, it is extremely close to it. F...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c415GC (Link to this contribution) If one thinks of our debates in this Committee about tenant empowerment, one will see that the amend...

Lord Filkin | 702 c415GC (Link to this contribution) I, TOO, support the amendment. I hope that the Minister will speak positively about the principle if...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c415-8GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend should feel well pleased by the response to his amendment. I align myself entirely w...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 702 c421GC (Link to this contribution) There is a Division in the Chamber.

Baroness Andrews | 702 c400-1GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Viscount, Lord Eccles, for enabling us to have a short and important deba...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c402-3GC (Link to this contribution) It is hard to divorce that from the necessity of having the Secretary of State involved in that part...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c406-7GC (Link to this contribution) My notes to respond to this amendment are rather longer than the words used by the noble Baroness to...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c408GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110E: 110E: After Clause 198, insert the following new Clause— ““Inspections (...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c410-1GC (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give the sort of assurances that both the noble Baroness and London Councils are seeki...

Viscount Ullswater | 702 c389GC (Link to this contribution) I am sure that that can be easily accommodated. Clause 191 [Provision of social housing]: [Amendme...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c396GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110D: 110D: Clause 195, page 83, line 9, at end insert— ““(ba) the Audit Commi...

Viscount Eccles | 702 c396-8GC (Link to this contribution) Before giving my reasons why Clause 195 should not stand part, I need to go back to our debate on Cl...

Earl of Caithness | 702 c440GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 112A: 112A: Clause 280, page 117, line 8, at end insert— ““( ) The regulations...

Earl of Caithness | 702 c441-2GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his reply. He seems to agree that it is in the interests of the en...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c439-40GC (Link to this contribution) I sometimes wonder what it will take to get the Government to admit that perhaps they were wrong. I ...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c439GC (Link to this contribution) I did not think I would get away without having a debate on HIPs in the course of a Housing Bill. I ...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c432GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 110AC to 110AD: 110AC: Clause 249, page 101, line 14, leave out subsection (...

Lord Best | 702 c432GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for noble Lords’ support for the amendment and for the comments of the Minister, in pa...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c432GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 110AE to 110AF: 110AE: Clause 251, page 102, line 23, leave out subsection (...

Lord Best | 702 c427-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110ABA: 110ABA: Clause 248, page 100, line 30, leave out paragraph (a) The no...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c421-2GC (Link to this contribution) I shall continue from the point where I was interrupted by that very exciting vote. Perhaps I may as...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c424GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110Y: 110Y: Clause 229, page 94, line 39, leave out ““219,”” On Question, ame...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c419GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110V: 110V: Clause 211, page 88, line 33, leave out subsection (4) On Questio...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c421GC (Link to this contribution) It might make sense if I were to start by addressing the amendment the noble Lord has just spoken to...

Earl Cathcart | 702 c420-1GC (Link to this contribution) I am going to speak on Amendment No. 110XD concerning Clause 228, which is about the £5,000 penalty....

Lord Best | 702 c399-400GC (Link to this contribution) We need to give credit where it is due. When this debate opened, the position in relation to the ind...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c402GC (Link to this contribution) I accept that the standards defined in subsection (2)(a), (b) and (c) are quite rightly core standar...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c404GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110DZA: 110DZA: After Clause 195, insert the following new Clause— ““Review of...

Viscount Eccles | 702 c403-4GC (Link to this contribution) I should first apologise to the Grand Committee; I completely forgot to say that I am a member of th...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c404-6GC (Link to this contribution) This is a good opportunity to raise this serious issue in Committee and to make sure that tragic dea...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c408-9GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 110G to 110L: 110G: Clause 199, page 84, line 39, leave out ““an inspector””...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c409GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 110M to 110R: 110M: Clause 200, page 85, line 18, leave out ““appointed unde...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c409-10GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110RA: 110RA: Clause 201, page 86, line 2, at end insert— ““( ) It shall be a ...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c389-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110C: 110C: Clause 194, page 82, line 28, at end insert— ““(ca) the Audit Comm...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c392GC (Link to this contribution) I have one amendment in this group, Amendment No. 110FA, which is to add to Clause 199 on inspection...

Earl Cathcart | 702 c392-3GC (Link to this contribution) I shall talk to government Amendment No. 110E. It requires the regulator to employ the services of t...

Viscount Ullswater | 702 c389GC (Link to this contribution) If there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as soon as t...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c394GC (Link to this contribution) As this is the Committee stage, perhaps I may put a question that I had intended to ask when I spoke...

Viscount Eccles | 702 c393GC (Link to this contribution) I support my noble friend Lord Cathcart. I have a slightly different point. I thought that the regul...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c398-9GC (Link to this contribution) We have had much discussion of the Cave review—rightly so—and, as the Minister pointed out, much of ...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c398GC (Link to this contribution) My name is also down in support of my noble friend. I need not take as long because he has explained...

Lord Jones | 702 c394GC (Link to this contribution) My intervention will be brief. The words ““tenant””, ““social housing””, ““local government”” and ““...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c394-6GC (Link to this contribution) It is always good to start on a literary note. I have read Lynsey Hanley’s book but I was not convin...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c442-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 112C: 112C: Before Schedule 9, insert the following new Schedule— ““Amendment ...

Baroness Gibson of Market Rasen | 702 c444GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee stands adjourned until Monday at 3.30 pm.

Earl of Caithness | 702 c437-8GC (Link to this contribution) We can have nothing but sympathy for the Minister as she gets another battering over these ghastly a...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c434GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 110AJ to 110AM: 110AJ: Clause 252, page 103, line 8, leave out ““non-profit”...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c436-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 112ZC: 112ZC: Before Clause 278, insert the following new Clause— ““Abolition ...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c435-6GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 112ZB: 112ZB: Clause 276, page 114, leave out lines 31 to 33 and insert— ““Sch...

Earl Cathcart | 702 c428GC (Link to this contribution) I support the noble Lord, Lord Best. He has set out the issue far more eloquently than I could, so I...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c426GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110Z: 110Z: Clause 241, page 98, line 19, leave out ““219,”” On Question, ame...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c421GC (Link to this contribution) I cannot wait!

Lord Dixon-Smith | 702 c423-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110XD: 110XD: Clause 228, page 94, line 16, leave out subsection (3) and inser...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c423GC (Link to this contribution) Clause 219 is part of the group of clauses which relates to the use of enforcement notices. It requi...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c412GC (Link to this contribution) I have written a note to myself which states ““Welcome this group””, and I am happy to be pre-empted...

Lord Whitty | 702 c413-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110UA: 110UA: After Clause 206, insert the following new Clause— ““Complaints ...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 702 c412GC (Link to this contribution) I should point out that if Amendment No. 110S is agreed to, I shall not be able to call Amendment No...

Baroness Pitkeathley | 702 c419GC (Link to this contribution) The suggestion is that we take a short break. With the leave of the Committee, I suggest that we rec...

Lord Whitty | 702 c418-9GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that last point and I certainly look forward to her propositions f...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c406GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that response. When the Minister writes to me, will she be able to give me any ide...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c406GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110DA: 110DA: Clause 198, page 84, line 20, at end insert ““if the survey upho...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c408GC (Link to this contribution) It answers the point, but not in a way which leaves me wholly happy. Here we have another situation ...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c408GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110F: 110F: Clause 199, page 84, line 32, leave out subsections (1) and (2) O...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c411GC (Link to this contribution) This is something that will be set out in guidance and we shall certainly be consulting on it.

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c411GC (Link to this contribution) That is indeed a helpful interpretation of the words ““likely to be useful””. A point that has just ...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c412GC (Link to this contribution) That is helpful and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Clause ...

Baroness Hamwee | 702 c389GC (Link to this contribution) It is likely that there will be a big vote today; during a large vote on the previous occasion some ...

Baroness Falkner of Margravine | 702 c393-4GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, wish to speak to Amendment No. 110E. I agree wholeheartedly with the comments of my noble fr...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c441GC (Link to this contribution) Obviously we welcome the competitive sentiment behind the noble Earl’s amendment, but ultimately we ...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 702 c444GC (Link to this contribution) In view of the hour, I suggest that the Committee stand adjourned until Monday at 3.30 pm.

Baroness Andrews | 702 c434-5GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendments Nos. 110AN and 110AP: 110AN: Clause 253, page 103, line 22, leave out ““non-profi...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c434GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110AH: 110AH: Clause 252, page 103, line 6, leave out ““non-profit”” On Quest...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c435GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 112ZA: 112ZA: Clause 275, page 114, leave out line 6 On Question, amendment a...

Lord Best | 702 c435GC (Link to this contribution) had given notice of his intention to move Amendment No. 111A: 111A: After Clause 274, insert the f...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c433-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 110AG: 110AG: Clause 252, page 103, line 4, leave out ““non-profit”” The nobl...

Baroness Andrews | 702 c428-31GC (Link to this contribution) I could not disagree with that. I am grateful to the noble Lord for moving his amendment, as I hope ...

Subjects

Complaints Charities Applications Conservation Charity Commission Audit Commission Housing Inspections Enforcement Energy Domestic safety Housing Corporation Landlord and tenant Home information packs Property transfer Standards Regulation Safety Social rented housing Repairs and maintenance Rented housing Rents Tenant Services Authority

Legislation

Housing and Regeneration Bill 2007-08

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