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House of Commons

Thursday 17th January 2008

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Housing and Regeneration Bill

[Ninth and Tenth Sittings]

Clause 34 Agreed to.

Sir George Young

Not selected  156


Clause  35,  page  15,  line  12,  leave out subsection (1).

Mr Iain Wright

Agreed to  109

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  12,  leave out from ‘HCA’ to end of line 14 and insert

‘acquires, constructs or converts any housing or other land for use as low cost rental

accommodation’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

Withdrawn  51

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  13,  leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert

‘social housing’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

Not called  52

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

‘social housing’.

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

Withdrawn  67

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

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

Not called  68

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  17,  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

Not called  53

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  19,  leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert

‘social housing’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

Not called  54

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  21,  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

Not called  69

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  21,  after ‘condition’, insert ‘either’.

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

Not called  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’.

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

Not called  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

Not called  71

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

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

Not called  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

Not called  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

Not called  57

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  30,  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

Not called  73

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

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

Not called  58

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

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‘social housing’.

Alistair Burt

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

Not called  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 Iain Wright

Agreed to  110

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  33,  at end insert—

‘( )
For the purposes of this section, a person provides low cost rental accommodation

if (and only if) the person acquires, constructs or converts any housing or other

land for use as low cost rental accommodation or ensures such acquisition,

construction or conversion by another.’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

Not called  59

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

given by section 67.’.

Mr Iain Wright

Agreed to  111

Clause  35,  page  15,  line  40,  leave out from ‘authority’ to end of line 41 and insert

‘a county council in England or a person controlled by an English local housing authority

or county council in England (and regulations under subsections (5) and (6) of section 110

apply for the purposes of this definition as they apply for the purposes of subsection (4)

of that section)’.

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

Not selected  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).’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

Mr Iain Wright

Agreed to  112

Clause  36,  page  16,  line  25,  after ‘project)’ insert ‘; and, for the purposes of this

Part, a person provides social housing if (and only if) the person acquires, constructs,

converts, improves or repairs any housing or other land for use as social housing or

ensures such acquisition, construction, conversion, improvement or repair by another’.

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clause 37 Agreed to.

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

Withdrawn  6

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

‘before making such a determination’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 39 to 46 Agreed to.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Not selected  158


Clause  47,  page  20,  line  23,  after ‘project’, insert ‘or projects.’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Not selected  159


Clause  47,  page  20,  line  25,  after ‘project’, insert ‘or projects.’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Not selected  160


Clause  47,  page  20,  line  26,  after ‘project’, insert ‘or projects.’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Not selected  161


Clause  47,  page  20,  line  29,  after ‘project’, insert ‘or projects.’.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Not selected  162


Clause  47,  page  20,  line  30,  after ‘project’, insert ‘or projects.’.

Clause Agreed to.

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Clauses 48 and 49 Agreed to.

Mr Nick Raynsford

Not selected  157


Clause  50,  page  21,  line  36,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
Any consent given under subsection (1) shall specify the circumstances in which

the HCA or (as the case may be) the other person to whom the consent is given,

may dispose of land for less than the best consideration which can reasonably be

obtained where this facilitates the objects of this HCA as defined in section 2.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 51 and 52 Agreed to.

Schedule 5 Agreed to.

Clause 53 Agreed to.

Schedule 6 Agreed to.

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

Withdrawn  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.’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 55 to 57 Agreed to.

Clause 59 Agreed to.

Mr Iain Wright

Agreed to  113

Clause  60,  page  27,  line  24,  leave out

              ‘Social Housing
Section 36(8)’

and insert

‘Social Housing (and its provision)
Section 36(8)’.

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Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

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

Not called  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),

(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.’.