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House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 17th January 2008

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

 

Housing and Regeneration Bill Committee 165-234

 

Public Bill Committee


 

Housing and Regeneration Bill

 

Alistair Burt

 

307

 

Clause  78,  page  35,  line  19,  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

a local housing authority under sections 1 and 2 of the Housing Act 1985,

 

and

 

(f)    

a person controlled by a local housing authority.’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

308

 

Clause  79,  page  35,  line  24,  column  2,  after ‘landlord’, insert ‘or a person

 

controlled by the landlord’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

309

 

Clause  79,  page  35,  line  25,  column  2,  after ‘landlord’, insert ‘or a person

 

controlled by the landlord’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

310

 

Clause  86,  page  38,  line  7,  leave out ‘registered’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

311

 

Clause  86,  page  38,  line  9,  leave out ‘registered’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

312

 

Clause  86,  page  38,  line  11,  leave out ‘registered’.


 
 

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

Alistair Burt

 

313

 

Clause  93,  page  39,  line  34,  leave out ‘registered’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

314

 

Clause  93,  page  39,  line  34,  at end insert ‘of social housing’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

315

 

Clause  104,  page  42,  line  27,  leave out ‘registered’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

316

 

Clause  104,  page  42,  line  27,  at end insert ‘of social housing’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

317

 

Clause  104,  page  42,  line  29,  leave out ‘registered’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

318

 

Clause  104,  page  42,  line  29,  at end insert ‘of social housing’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

319

 

Clause  105,  page  43,  line  12,  leave out ‘registered’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

320

 

Clause  105,  page  43,  line  12,  at end insert ‘of social housing’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

321

 

Clause  105,  page  43,  line  13,  leave out ‘registered’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

322

 

Clause  105,  page  43,  line  13,  at end insert ‘of social housing’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

323

 

Clause  105,  page  43,  line  14,  leave out ‘registered’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

324

 

Clause  105,  page  43,  line  14,  at end insert ‘of social housing’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

325

 

Clause  195,  page  74,  line  19,  at end add—


 
 

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

‘(b)    

shall not apply to local housing authorities and persons controlled by

 

local housing authorities.’.

 

Andrew Gwynne

 

327

 

Clause  68,  page  31,  line  39,  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

 

‘(b)    

the rent is below the market rate to such an extent that it is affordable to

 

those on low incomes’.

 

Andrew Gwynne

 

328

 

Clause  68,  page  32,  line  1,  leave out paragraph (c) and insert—

 

‘(c)    

the accommodation is let in accordance with rules for eligibility designed

 

to give preference to people in housing need whilst also promoting mixed

 

and sustainable communities.’.

 

Andrew Gwynne

 

329

 

Clause  69,  page  32,  line  12,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

Condition 2 is that the accommodation is affordable for those on low incomes and

 

made available in accordance with rules for eligibility designed to give preference

 

to people who cannot afford to buy or rent at market rates whilst also promoting

 

mixed and sustainable communities.’.

 

Protection from eviction

 

Mr Andrew Love

 

nc59

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

In the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 (c. 43), after section 3(3), insert the

 

following—

 

“(4)    

In this section premises shall be treated as let as a dwelling, or occupied

 

as a dwelling, if the occupier is for the time being residing there, except

 

that B & B accommodation and hostel accommodation shall not be

 

regarded as a dwelling.

 

(5)    

In subsection (4), “B & B accommodation” has the same meaning as in

 

the Homelessness (Suitability of Accommodation) (England) Order 2003

 

and “hostel” has the same meaning as in section 622 of the Housing Act

 

1985”.

 

(2)    

In the Protection from Eviction Act 1977, after section 4(9), insert the

 

following—

 

“(10)    

Where a person lawfully occupies any residential premises under an

 

excluded tenancy or excluded licence, he shall not be evicted from such

 

premises except following the expiry of a reasonable period of notice.

 

(11)    

For the avoidance of doubt, an excluded tenant or excluded licensee shall

 

not be compelled to leave accommodation by the landlord or the

 

landlord’s agents following the expiry of a reasonable period of notice

 

while he is physically present within those premises.


 
 

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

(12)    

For the purposes of subsections (10) and (11) above, a licence of

 

accommodation in a B & B or hostel shall be treated as an excluded

 

licence.”.’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

330

 

Clause  106,  page  43,  line  28,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

331

 

Clause  106,  page  43,  line  34,  leave out ‘3’ and insert ‘5’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

332

 

Clause  117,  page  47,  line  30,  leave out ‘to the high court’.

 

Alistair Burt

 

333

 

Clause  235,  page  89,  line  10,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

The definitions of “subsidiary” in subsections 235(1) to (5) and “associate” in

 

subsection 235(6) shall not apply to persons controlled by local housing

 

authorities.’.

 

Regulatory powers: local housing authorities

 

Alistair Burt

 

NC60

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The regulator shall regulate local housing authorities and persons controlled by

 

local housing authorities using powers provided under the Local Government and

 

Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.

 

(2)    

The powers of the regulator as set out under sections 172 to 193 shall not apply

 

to local housing authorities and persons controlled by local housing authorities.’.

 


 
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