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House of Commons

Thursday 10th January 2008

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Housing and Regeneration Bill

[Fifth and Sixth Sittings]

Clause 1 Agreed to.

Schedule 1 Agreed to.

Sir George Young

Withdrawn  13

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  11,  after ‘supply’, insert ‘, accessibility’.

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

Negatived on division  34

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(aa)
to carry out, or provide for the carrying out of, regular assessments of the

nature and scale of housing need in England,’.

Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

Mr Nick Raynsford

Withdrawn  75

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  14,  leave out ‘or’ and insert ‘, sustainable development or

other’.

Sir George Young

Withdrawn  14

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  14,  at end insert ‘inclusive’.

Grant Shapps

Robert Neill

Mr Eric Pickles

Alistair Burt

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Mr Paul Goodman

Withdrawn  1

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(d)
to facilitate the provision and supply of home ownership including, in

particular, low cost home ownership through community land trusts.’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 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

Withdrawn  62

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(ca)
to act, in cooperation with relevant local authorities, as the strategy,

planning and delivery vehicle for the London Thames Gateway.

(cb)
to promote the right to buy and social homebuy in the developments it

undertakes or facilitates.’.

Mr Andrew Love

Mr Andy Slaughter

Margaret Moran

Not moved  32

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  15,  at end insert—

‘(d)
to facilitate the provision and supply of housing for low cost home

ownership and low cost rental through community land trusts.’.

Sir George Young

Withdrawn  16

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  1,  at end insert—

‘(1A)
In assessing the needs of people living in England in accordance with subsection

(1), the HCA shall take particular account of the changing age profile of the

population.’.

Andrew George

Lembit Öpik

Not moved  35

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  2,  after ‘subsection (1)—’, insert—

‘“housing need” includes the condition of those who are homeless and those

who are housed in insecure, unsatisfactory or overcrowded

accommodation.’.

Sir George Young

Not selected  15

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  3,  after second ‘needs’, insert ‘of an ageing society’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clauses 3 to 8 Agreed to.

[Adjourned till Tuesday 15th January at 10.30 a.m.