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Public Bill Committee: 10th January 2008
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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

70

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  23,  at end insert ‘or that a relevant provider of low cost

rental accommodation is the manager and another person is the landlord of the

accommodation’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

55

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  25,  leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert

‘social housing’.

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

71

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  26,  after ‘ensuring’, insert ‘either’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

56

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  27,  leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert

‘social housing’.

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

72

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  28,  at end insert ‘or that a relevant provider of low cost

rental accommodation is the manager and another person is the landlord of the

accommodation’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

57

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  30,  leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert

‘social housing’.

Public Bill Committee: 10th January 2008
77

Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

73

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  31,  after ‘ensuring’, insert ‘either’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

58

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  32,  leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert

‘social housing’.

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

74

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  33,  at end insert ‘or that the relevant provider of low cost

rental accommodation is the manager and another person is the landlord of the

accommodation’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

59

Clause  35,  page  15,  leave out line 38 and insert ‘“social housing” has the meaning

given by section 67.’.

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

5

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  41,  at end add—

‘(10)
In exercising its powers under sections 31 to 47 the HCA shall have regard to the

powers of the Mayor under sections 333A to 333D of the Greater London

Authority Act 1999 (c. 29).’.

Public Bill Committee: 10th January 2008
78

Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

6

Clause  38,  page  17,  line  25,  leave out ‘as it considers appropriate’ and insert

‘before making such a determination’.

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

36

Clause  54,  page  23,  line  17,  at end insert—

‘(3A)
The Secretary of State shall make provision for the continuation of the functions

of the Commission for the New Towns in respect of workshops and industrial

building, through the transfer of those functions to another authority.’.

New clauses relating to part 1

Definition of “Community land trust”

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

Mr Andrew Love

Mr Andy Slaughter

Margaret Moran

nc1

To move the following Clause:—

‘“Community land trust” means a non-profit organisation which is an industrial

and provident society, a company limited by guarantee or other incorporated

body whose governing instrument contains provisions to the following effect—

(a)
the primary purpose of the organisation is to hold land and other assets in

order to promote the social, economic and environmental sustainability

of a specified local geographic community by providing or facilitating

the provision of affordable or other sub-market housing or other

community-based facilities and services,

(b)
the organisation will not dispose of its land and other assets save in the

furtherance of its objectives as set out in paragraph (a),

(c)
the membership of the organisation is open to organisations which are

located in or persons whose principal place of residence, work or

business is located in the specified community the organisation is

established to serve (although the organisation may have different classes

of membership),

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(d)
over 50 per cent. of the governing body is elected by the members of the

organisation,

(e)
the organisation is accountable to the local community through annual

reporting or otherwise, and is responsive to the local community’s needs

and to representations made on its behalf, and

(f)
it is an organisation established to help enable the community and those

who live or work there to benefit from the land or other assets it holds.’.

Restrictions on powers

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

nc2

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
Nothing in Part 1 shall allow the HCA to develop or facilitate the development of

green belt land.

(2)
The HCA shall not provide or facilitate the development of housing before

infrastructure has been provided or facilitated under section 7.

(3)
Before exercising its powers under sections 5 to 7 the HCA shall consult with the

local authorities in the areas where such powers are to be exercised.

(4)
In this section “green belt land” shall be construed in accordance with section

87(1)(e) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.’.

Report on HCA activities

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

nc3

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State must within 12 months of the coming into force of this Act,

and afterwards annually, prepare and lay before both Houses of Parliament a

report on the activities of the HCA.

(2)
A report under this section must, in particular, include or contain information

about—

(a)
the main activities undertaken by the HCA during the period;

(b)
a value for money and efficiency statement in respect of such activities;

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(c)
how the HCA is achieving its objects and exercising its powers;

(d)
the management of risk in respect of HCA projects;

(e)
how the HCA is co-ordinating and consulting with the government

departments and other public authorities involved with its work;

(f)
details of HCA income, expenditure and borrowing (under section 26);

and

(g)
any loans made by the Secretary of State under section 24.’.

Obligations

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

NC13

To move the following Clause:—

‘Before exercising any of its powers the HCA shall—

(a)
consult with, and have regard to the views of, relevant local authorities;

(b)
have regard to the desirability of preserving gardens and urban green

spaces;

(c)
have regard to the desirability and practicality (in any particular case) of

residential development forming part of any development for

commercial purposes (adequately supported by suitable community,

cultural and leisure facilities);

(d)
undertake site-specific flood risk assessments before acquiring or

disposing of housing or other land and ensure that any new development

undertaken or procured by it is flood resilient and resistant, subject to a

presumption against any development on flood zones adjacent to rivers,

the sea and tidal sources;

(e)
in this section “green space” means—

(i)
land laid out as a public garden;

(ii)
land used for the purposes of public creation; or

(iii)
an area of open space which benefits wildlife or biodiversity’.

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

Powers: regard to market conditions

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

NC14

To move the following Clause:—

‘In exercising its power to acquire or dispose of housing or other land the HCA

shall have regard to market conditions’.

new clauses relating to part 3

Abolition of home information packs

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

nc5

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
Sections 148 to 170 of the Housing Act 2004 (c. 34) are hereby repealed.

(2)
A person who is selling a residential property must supply the purchaser with

information about the energy efficiency of the property.

(3)
The Secretary of State may make regulations prescribing the particular

information which is required or authorised to be included in, or which is to be

excluded from, such energy efficiency information and all other incidental

matters relating thereto.’.

Rough Sleepers Steering Group

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

nc7

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State shall, within six months of the coming into force of this

Act, establish a body (“the Steering Group”) to review the services provided to

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rough sleepers in England and draw up an action plan to provide adequate hostel

and permanent accommodation.

(2)
The membership of the Steering Group shall include an equal number of

members from central government, local government, registered providers of

social housing and other relevant charitable organisations, with an independent

chair.

(3)
The Steering Group shall make recommendations within six months of its

establishment in respect of the matters referred to in subsection (1).’.

Right to buy for tenants of registered providers of social housing

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

nc8

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)
A tenant of a registered provider of social housing has the right to buy the

dwelling of which he is a tenant if—

(a)
he is a tenant under an assured tenancy, other than an assured shorthold

tenancy or a long tenancy, and

(b)
he satisfies any further qualifying conditions applicable under Part V of

the Housing Act 1985.

(2)
The Secretary of State shall, within six months of the commencement of this Act,

introduce regulations in respect of the right to buy for registered providers of

social housing.

(3)
Regulations introduced under subsection (2) shall include provision to ensure that

the proceeds of disposal are allocated to the provision of further social housing.

(4)
Before making such regulations the Secretary of State shall consult with such

bodies as appear to the Secretary of State to be representative of registered

providers of social housing.’.

Design of new dwellings

Sir George Young

nc9

To move the following Clause:—

‘The Secretary of State shall amend Part M of Schedule 1 to the Building

Regulations 2000 (access to and use of buildings) to ensure that all new dwellings

of whatever type or tenure meet enhanced minimum standards in relation to—

(a)
the provision of a reasonable means of access into and around the

dwelling and ease of use, without modification, by the widest possible

range of individuals (including disabled persons);