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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 24th April 2007

 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

 

Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill [Lords]

 

[fifth and sixth Sittings]

 

Clause 42 Agreed to.

 

 

Ian McCartney

 

Agreed to  60

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  3,  leave out ‘may make regulations prescribing’ and insert

 

‘must by regulations prescribe’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  33

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  3,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  34

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  5,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  30

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  7,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Mr Tom Clarke

 

Withdrawn  73

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  9,  at end insert—

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th April 2007        

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‘(3A)    

The regulations must require a regulated provider to collate information on the

 

number of complaints received by subject-matter of a complaint, or the

 

description of a person making a complaint.’.

 

Ian McCartney

 

Agreed to  61

 

Clause  43,  page  26,  line  14,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

If a date is prescribed in relation to a regulator for the purposes of this subsection,

 

from that date subsection (1) has effect in relation to that regulator as if, in that

 

subsection, for “must” there were substituted “may”.

 

(5B)    

In subsection (5A) “prescribed” means prescribed by order made by the Secretary

 

of State under this section.

 

(5C)    

Before prescribing a date in relation to a regulator for the purposes of subsection

 

(5A), the Secretary of State must consult—

 

(a)    

the regulator,

 

(b)    

the Council, and

 

(c)    

such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Ian McCartney

 

Agreed to  62

 

Clause  44,  page  26,  line  28,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

 

‘(a)    

set out the standards the regulator proposes to prescribe,’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Ian McCartney

 

Agreed to  63

 

Clause  45,  page  26,  line  37,  leave out ‘where standards are’ and insert ‘in relation

 

to standards’.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

 

Ian McCartney

 

Agreed to  64

 

Schedule  5,  page  61,  line  16,  leave out ‘where standards are’ and insert ‘in relation

 

to standards’.

 

Ian McCartney

 

Agreed to  65

 

Schedule  5,  page  61,  line  32,  leave out ‘where standards are’ and insert ‘in relation

 

to standards’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th April 2007        

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Ian McCartney

 

Agreed to  66

 

Schedule  5,  page  62,  line  11,  leave out ‘where standards are’ and insert ‘in relation

 

to standards’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 46 Agreed to.

 

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  32

 

Clause  47,  page  27,  line  19,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 48 Agreed to.

 

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  35

 

Clause  49,  page  28,  line  40,  leave out ‘relevant’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not moved  36

 

Clause  49,  page  29,  line  18,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

membership of such a scheme requires a supplier to have in place and

 

operate appropriate and effective internal complaint handling

 

procedures.’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not moved  37

 

Clause  49,  page  30,  line  1,  leave out ‘public’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th April 2007        

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Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not called  38

 

Clause  49,  page  30,  line  3,  leave out ‘public’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  39

 

Clause  50,  page  30,  line  25,  leave out from ‘scheme’ to end of line 26.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 51 to 53 Agreed to.

 

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Withdrawn  23

 

Schedule  6,  page  62,  line  29,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Withdrawn  24

 

Schedule  6,  page  62,  line  29,  at end insert ‘(a)’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Not called  25

 

Schedule  6,  page  62,  line  31,  after ‘work”)’, insert—

 

‘(b)    

developing and directly selling residential property to members of the

 

public; or

 

(c)    

facilitating temporary periods of residence to members of the public at

 

residential property not owned by those members of the public;’.

 

Mr Clive Betts

 

Not selected  58

 

Schedule  6,  page  62,  line  31,  after ‘work”)’, insert—

 

‘(b)    

developing, directly marketing and selling residential property to

 

members of the public’.

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th April 2007        

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Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Bill–[ [], continued

 
 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  41

 

Schedule  6,  page  65,  line  7,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Negatived on division  42

 

Schedule  6,  page  65,  line  19,  leave out ‘a’ and insert ‘the’.

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Negatived on division  26

 

Schedule  6,  page  68,  line  25,  leave out ‘£1,000’ and insert ‘£10,000’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Negatived on division  27

 

Schedule  6,  page  68,  line  25,  leave out ‘£1,000’ and insert ‘£3,000’.

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Negatived on division  28

 

Schedule  6,  page  70,  line  31,  at end add—

 

‘5         

In section 3(8) (orders by Director General of Fair Trading) for “the statutory

 

maximum” substitute “£10,000”.’.

 

Schedule Agreed to.

 

Clauses 54 to 57 Agreed to.

 

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Not moved  68

 

Clause  58,  page  36,  line  33,  leave out ‘the thing that’ and insert ‘that which’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th April 2007        

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Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Withdrawn  69

 

Clause  59,  page  37,  line  31,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

Regulations in this section may make provision for the exemption of certain

 

service providers.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clauses 60 to 66 Agreed to.

 

 

Ian McCartney

 

Agreed to  67

 

Clause  67,  page  41,  line  18,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Schedules 7 and 8 Agreed to.

 

 

New Clauses

 

Lettings

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Negatived on division  nc1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 1 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38) (estate agency work) is amended

 

as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (1) after “land”, insert “or who wishes to let, rent or manage

 

residential property”.

 

(3)    

In subsection (1)(a), after “such an interest”, insert “or manage, rent or, as the case

 

may be, let such a residential interest”.

 

(4)    

In subsection (1)(b), after “of that interest”, insert “or the management, letting or,

 

as the case may be, renting of that residential interest”.’.

 

 
 

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 24th April 2007        

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Standards of competence

 

Susan Kramer

 

Lorely Burt

 

Withdrawn  NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 22 of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c.38) (Standards of competence) is

 

amended as follows.

 

(2)    

For subsections (1) and (2) substitute—

 

“(1)    

The Secretary of State will by regulations made by statutory instrument

 

designate any body of persons as an approved body to which people

 

engaged in estate agency work, including both the sale and lettings of

 

residential property, must belong.

 

(2)    

The approved bodies must make membership conditional on signing up

 

to rules and codes of conduct, which will—

 

(a)    

prescibe minimum competency standards;

 

(b)    

ensure that firms have adequate professional indemnity

 

insurance and, as appropriate, clients money protection

 

insurance;

 

(c)    

require a minimum level of professional development per year;

 

and

 

(d)    

require membership of a redress scheme.”.’.

 

 

Definition of ‘estate agency work’

 

Charles Hendry

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Alan Duncan

 

Mr Mark Prisk

 

Negatived on division  NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘After subsection 1(1) of the Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38) insert—

 

(1A)    

In this Act the expression “estate agency work” also refers to persons—

 

(a)    

developing and selling; and

 

(b)    

directly selling

 

    

residential property to members of the public.”.’.

 

 
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