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Report Stage Proceedings: 31st March 2008                

321

 

Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  79

 

Page  57,  line  34  [Clause  141],  at end insert—

 

‘A decision by the directors or other governing body of a

The directors or governing body’.

 
 

registered provider to present a petition for winding up where

  
 

the registered provider is—

  
 

(a)    

a registered company, or

  
 

(b)    

an industrial and provident society.

  
 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  80

 

Page  58,  line  1  [Clause  142],  after ‘28’, insert ‘working’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  81

 

Page  58,  line  6  [Clause  142],  after ‘provider’, insert ‘whom the regulator is able to

 

locate after making reasonable enquiries’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  82

 

Page  58,  line  19  [Clause  142],  leave out paragraph (b) and insert—

 

‘(b)    

such of its secured creditors as the regulator is able to locate after making

 

reasonable enquiries.’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  83

 

Page  58,  line  32  [Clause  143],  after ‘provider’, insert ‘whom the regulator is able

 

to locate after making reasonable enquiries’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  84

 

Page  59,  line  1  [Clause  144],  at end insert—

 

‘(A1)    

During a moratorium the HCA—

 

(a)    

may not give the registered provider a direction under section 36(4), and

 

(b)    

may not take steps to enforce such a direction against the registered

 

provider.’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  85

 

Page  59,  line  30  [Clause  145],  after ‘by’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

section [right to acquire], or

 

(b)    

’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 31st March 2008                

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  86

 

Page  59,  line  31  [Clause  145],  after ‘housing’, insert ‘in Wales’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  87

 

Page  60,  line  23  [Clause  147],  leave out ‘its secured creditors’ and insert ‘such of

 

its secured creditors as the regulator is able to locate after making reasonable enquiries’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  88

 

Page  60,  line  31  [Clause  147],  leave out ‘of a registered provider agrees to’ and

 

insert ‘to whom proposals were sent agrees to the’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  89

 

Page  60,  line  34  [Clause  147],  after ‘creditor’, insert ‘to whom the proposals were

 

sent’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  90

 

Page  60,  line  38  [Clause  147],  after ‘creditors’, insert ‘to whom the original

 

proposals were sent’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  91

 

Page  61,  line  6  [Clause  147],  after ‘creditors’, insert ‘to whom the original

 

proposals were sent’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  92

 

Page  62,  line  33  [Clause  151],  after ‘society’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

an instrument providing for the amalgamation of the society with another

 

industrial and provident society, or

 

(b)    

.’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  93

 

Page  62,  line  33  [Clause  151],  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

An instrument providing for the amalgamation of a society (“S1”) with another

 

has the same effect as a resolution by S1 under section 50 of the Industrial and

 

Provident Societies Act 1965 (c. 12) (amalgamation of societies by special

 

resolution).’.


 
 

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  94

 

Page  62,  line  38  [Clause  151],  leave out from ‘Authority’ to end of line 39 and

 

insert—

 

‘(4A)    

An instrument does not take effect until the copy is registered.’.

 


 

Sir George Young

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Not selected  131

 

Page  67  [Clause  166],  leave out lines 13 and 14.

 

Sir George Young

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Not selected  132

 

Page  67,  line  15  [Clause  166],  leave out ‘profit-making’.

 

Sir George Young

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Not selected  133

 

Page  67,  line  23  [Clause  167],  leave out ‘non-profit’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  95

 

Page  68,  line  2  [Clause  167],  after ‘under’, insert ‘—

 

(a)    

section [right to acquire], or

 

(b)    

’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  96

 

Page  68,  line  2  [Clause  167],  leave out ‘(as applied by section 172)’ and insert

 

‘(tenant’s right to acquire social housing in Wales)’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Simon Hughes

 

Not called  235

 

Page  68,  line  16  [Clause  168],  leave out ‘and’.

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Simon Hughes

 

Not called  236

 

Page  68,  line  17  [Clause  168],  at end insert, ‘and

 

(d)    

the local authority in whose area the property is located.’.


 
 

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  97

 

Page  68,  line  37  [Clause  170],  at end insert—

 

‘(za)    

net proceeds of sale to a tenant in pursuance of the right to acquire

 

conferred by section [right to acquire],’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  98

 

Page  69,  line  35  [Clause  172],  leave out ‘shall continue to have effect in relation to

 

social housing in England’ and insert ‘apply in relation to disposals of social housing by

 

registered providers’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  99

 

Page  69,  line  36  [Clause  172],  leave out ‘in subsection (3)’ and insert ‘below’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  100

 

Page  69,  line  41  [Clause  172],  at end insert ‘and’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  101

 

Page  69,  line  42  [Clause  172],  leave out from ‘(supplemental)’ to end of line 43.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  102

 

Page  70,  line  1  [Clause  172],  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

In those provisions—

 

(a)    

references to a registered social landlord shall be treated as references to

 

a registered provider,

 

(b)    

references to consent given by the Welsh Ministers under section 9 of the

 

1996 Act shall be treated as references to consent given by the regulator

 

under section 166 of this Act,

 

(c)    

references to the Welsh Ministers in connection with a power to make

 

orders or regulations shall be treated as references to the Secretary of

 

State,

 

(d)    

in section 12(5)(b) of the 1996 Act the reference to the Welsh Ministers

 

shall be treated as a reference to the HCA, and

 

(e)    

references to a resolution of the National Assembly for Wales shall be

 

treated as references to a resolution of either House of Parliament.

 

(4)    

This section does not affect the continued application of the provisions listed in

 

subsection (2) in relation to disposals made before this section comes into force.’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  103

 

Page  70,  line  30  [Clause  177],  leave out ‘and’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 31st March 2008                

325

 

Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  104

 

Page  70,  line  33  [Clause  177],  at end insert ‘, and

 

(c)    

section 173 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42)

 

(consent to certain disposals of housing obtained from new town

 

corporations).’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  105

 

Page  72,  line  4  [Clause  178],  at end insert—

 

‘(4)    

In section 173 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (c. 42) (consent

 

to certain disposals of housing obtained from new town corporations)—

 

(a)    

in subsection (1)(a) (consent) for “Secretary of State” substitute

 

“appropriate authority”,

 

(b)    

after subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

In this section “the appropriate authority” means—

 

(a)    

in relation to a disposal of land in England by a

 

registered provider of social housing, the Regulator of

 

Social Housing,

 

(b)    

in relation to any other disposal of land in England, the

 

Secretary of State, and

 

(c)    

in relation to a disposal of land in Wales, the Welsh

 

Ministers.”,

 

(c)    

in subsection (5) (consultation of tenants) for “Secretary of State”

 

substitute “appropriate authority”,

 

(d)    

in subsection (5)(a) for “himself” substitute “itself”, and

 

(e)    

omit subsection (6) (consultation of Housing Corporation).’.

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Grant Shapps

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Not called  152

 

Page  72,  line  11  [Clause  179],  leave out ‘compliance’ and insert ‘performance’.

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Grant Shapps

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not selected  148

 

Page  72,  line  17  [Clause  179],  at end insert—

 

‘(f)    

allows the regulator, in applying subsections 172 (a) to (e) to local

 

housing authorities and persons controlled by local housing authorities,

 

to comply with the standards, powers, controls and guidance provided

 

under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007

 

and accompanying performance framework guidance and regulations.

 

(2)    

Insofar as sections 173 to 193 apply to local housing authorities or persons

 

controlled by local housing authorities, the provisions of the Local Government


 
 

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Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 and subordinate legislation shall take

 

precedence over sections 173 to 193.’.

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Grant Shapps

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Not called  153

 

Page  72,  line  20  [Clause  180],  after ‘may’, insert ‘, in accordance with subsection

 

(2) and subject to subsection (3),’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  106

 

Page  72  [Clause  180],  leave out line 21.

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Grant Shapps

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Not called  154

 

Page  72,  line  24  [Clause  180],  leave out from ‘may’ to end of line 24 and insert

 

‘cover—’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  107

 

Page  72,  line  26  [Clause  180],  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b).

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Grant Shapps

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Not called  155

 

Page  72  [Clause  180],  leave out lines 40 and 41.

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  142

 

Page  72,  line  41  [Clause  180],  leave out ‘, and’.

 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  108

 

Page  72,  line  42  [Clause  180],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

In setting standards the regulator shall have regard to the desirability of registered

 

providers being free to choose how to provide services and conduct business.’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 31st March 2008                

327

 

Housing and Regeneration Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Grant Shapps

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Simon Hughes

 

Not called  156

 

Page  72,  line  42  [Clause  180],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

In setting standards the regulator shall have regard (among other matters) to

 

landlords’ contribution to the environmental, social and economic well-being of

 

the areas in which their property is situated.’.

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Not called  143

 

Page  72,  line  42  [Clause  180],  at end insert ‘;

 

(m)    

the distance of housing from any overhead transmission line; and

 

(n)    

the levels of electric and magnetic fields with a frequency of between 30

 

and 300 Hertz permitted in housing.’.

 


 

Secretary Hazel Blears

 

Agreed to  109

 

Page  73,  line  6  [Clause  181],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

In setting standards the regulator shall have regard to the desirability of registered

 

providers being free to choose how to provide services and conduct business.’.

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Grant Shapps

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Simon Hughes

 

Not called  162

 

Page  73,  line  6  [Clause  181],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

In setting standards, the regulator shall have regard (among other matters) to

 

providers’ contribution to the environmental, social and economic well-being of

 

the areas in which their property is situated.’.

 

Mr Stewart Jackson

 

Grant Shapps

 

Mr Nick Hurd

 

Lembit Öpik

 

Andrew George

 

Simon Hughes

 

Not called  163

 

Page  73,  line  6  [Clause  181],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

No standard may be set that would require a registered provider to act in any way

 

that is inconsistent with—

 

(a)    

its rules, memorandum and articles of association, or equivalent

 

governing instrument;

 

(b)    

any legal or contractual commitment, including any loan covenant, for

 

the time being binding upon it; or


 
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