Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.
There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.
[Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]
Mr Martin Boyd gave evidence.
Sebastian O’Kelly and Liam Spender gave evidence. 9.50 am
Katie Kendrick, Jo Derbyshire and Cath Williams gave evidence.
Amanda Gourlay gave evidence.
[Dame Caroline Dinenage in the Chair]
Professor Nicholas Hopkins gave evidence.
Matt Brewis gave evidence.
Harry Scoffin, Karolina Zoltaniecka, Cathy Priestley and Halima Ali gave evidence.
Mr Andrew Bulmer and Angus Fanshawe gave evidence.
Kate Faulkner OBE and Beth Rudolf gave evidence.
Professor Tim Leunig gave evidence.
Dr Douglas Maxwell gave evidence.
[Clive Efford in the Chair]
Ms Paula Higgins, Bob Smytherman and Sue Phillips gave evidence.
Professor Andrew Steven and Professor Christopher Hodges OBE gave evidence.
Paul Broadhead gave evidence.
(Afternoon)
George Lusty and Simon Jones gave evidence.
James Vitali gave evidence.
Philip Freedman CBE KC (Hon) and Philip Rainey KC gave evidence.
Jack Spearman gave evidence.
Giles Grover gave evidence.
[Clive Efford in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 3, page 2, line 19, at end insert— “(2) After section 4(5) of the LRHUDA 1993, insert— ‘(6) The Secretary of State or the Welsh...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 57, in schedule 1, page 82, line 16, at end insert— “Exception to enfranchisement for certified community housing providers 3A (1) The LRA 1967 is amended as...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 127, in clause 6, page 9, line 42, at end insert— “(3A) Any lease granted to the freeholder under paragraph 7A must contain a provision that any sub-lease...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Dame Caroline Dinenage in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendment made: 59, in schedule 2, page 90, line 28, at end insert— “Business tenancies 10A (1) This paragraph applies only to— (a) the transfer of a freehold house under the...
Amendment made: 72, in schedule 5, page 115, line 27, leave out second “competent landlord” and insert “tenant”.—(Lee Rowley.) This amendment would mean that a...
I beg to move amendment 29, in clause 12, page 15, line 6, at end insert— “(8) See also sections 20CA and 20J of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, which prevent costs in connection...
Amendments made: 31, in clause 13, page 20, line 12, at end insert— “(12) See also sections 20CA and 20J of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, which prevent costs in connection with a...
Amendments made: 33, in clause 14, page 26, line 12, at end insert— “(ha) any matter arising under paragraph 12A of Schedule 1 (reduction of rent under intermediate leases on grant of...
Amendments made: 39, in clause 16, page 32, line 43, at end insert— “(ha) any matter arising under paragraph 12 of Schedule 11 (reduction of rent under intermediate leases on grant of...
Amendment made: 43, in clause 18, page 37, line 28, leave out “section 21C” and insert “section 21ZA”.— (Lee Rowley.) This amendment is consequential on Amendments...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendments made: 73, in schedule 6, page 117, line 39, at end insert— “Reduction of rent under intermediate leases 5A In Schedule 1 to the LRA 1967 (enfranchisement and extension by...
12 (1) This paragraph applies if at the relevant date— (a) relevant rent is payable under the existing lease, (b) that relevant rent is more than a peppercorn rent, and (c) there are one or...
Amendment of the LRA 1967 5A The LRA 1967 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 5B to 5F. Repeal of exclusions of shared ownership leases from Part 1 of the LRA 1967 5B (1) In section 1...
Amendment of the LRHUDA 1993 5H The LRHUDA 1993 is amended in accordance with this Part of this Schedule. Repeal of special provision for shared ownership leases in definition of “long...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 44, in clause 21, page 38, line 16, leave out “a peppercorn rent is payable” and substitute “the whole or part of the rent payable becomes and will...
[Clive Efford in the Chair]
Amendment made: 75, in schedule 7, page 118, line 35, leave out from “have” to end of line 4 on page 119 and insert— “any obligation under the lease to pay rent varied so...
I beg to move amendment 129, in clause 22, page 38, line 21, leave out “50%” and insert “75%”. This amendment would allow leaseholders with a higher proportion of...
Amendment made: 45, in clause 23, page 39, line 30, at end insert— “(8) See also sections 20CA and 20J of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, which prevent costs in connection with a...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 10, in clause 26, page 42, leave out lines 12 and 13. This amendment would ensure that the statutory test of reasonableness would apply to fixed service charges. In...
[Clive Efford in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 46, in clause 26, page 42, line 19, leave out “, and subsection (2)”. This amendment is consequential on NC6.
I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 27, page 43, leave out line 12. This amendment would remove provision for the appropriate authority to exempt certain categories of landlord from the...
I beg to move amendment 130, in clause 28, page 44, line 17, at end insert— “(iii) a statement of all transactions relating to any sinking fund or reserve fund.” This amendment...
I beg to move amendment 15, in clause 29, page 46, line 19, at end insert— “(3) Information specified for the purposes of section (1) must include accruals and prepayments and digital...
I beg to move amendment 19, in clause 30, page 49, line 15, leave out “damages” and insert “penalties”. This amendment, together with Amendments 20 to 25, would make clear...
Amendment made: 49, in clause 31, page 50, line 24, leave out from beginning to “insert” in line 25 and insert “After section 20F of the LTA 1985”.—(Lee Rowley.)...
Amendment proposed: 157, in clause 32, page 54, line 20, leave out from beginning to the end of line 21.—(Barry Gardiner.) This amendment, to remove sub-paragraph (7) of new paragraph 1B of...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendments made: 121, in schedule 8, page 132, line 9, at end insert— “13A The LTA 1985 is amended in accordance with paragraphs 14 to 14B.” This amendment is consequential on...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 52, clause 39, page 66, line 8, at end insert— “(e) a charge payable by a unit-holder of a commonhold unit to meet the expenses of a commonhold association....
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Sir Mark Hendrick in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 145, in clause 41, page 66, line 28, at end insert— “(c) only where they are incurred in the provision of services or the carrying out of works that would not...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 53, in clause 43, page 68, line 7, leave out from “not” to end of line 12 and insert “given a future demand notice in respect of the costs before the end...
I beg to move amendment 139, in clause 44, page 68, line 31, at end insert— “(3A) Where the appropriate tribunal has made a determination on an application under subsection (1) or (3)...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 141, in clause 49, page 72, line 26, leave out “£5,000” and insert “£50,000”. This amendment would increase from £5,000 to...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendment made: 54, in clause 60, page 80, line 13, at end insert— “‘the LTA 1987’ means the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987;”— This amendment and Amendment 47...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 55, in clause 62, page 80, line 33, at end insert— “(1A) A power to make regulations under Part 4A also includes power to make different provision for...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]
“In section 20B of the LTA 1985 (time limit on making service charge demands), in subsection (2), for the words from ‘notified in writing’ to the end substitute ‘given a...
“After section 20I of the LTA 1985 (as inserted by section 31) insert— ‘ (1) Non-litigation costs incurred, or to be incurred, by a landlord in connection with a relevant claim...
“In section 24 of the LTA 1987 (appointment of manager by a tribunal)— (a) in subsection (9), after ‘interested’ insert ‘or of its own motion’; (b) in...
“In section 24(2) of the LTA 1987 (grounds for appointment of manager)— (a) omit the ‘or’ at the end of paragraph (ac); (b) after paragraph (ac) insert— ‘(ad)...
“(1) An owner of a managed dwelling may give a notice of complaint to an estate manager. (2) A notice of complaint is a notice that— (a) sets out one or more complaints listed in...
“(1) The appropriate tribunal may, on the application of an owner of a managed dwelling, by order appoint a person to carry out, in place of an estate manager, such functions in connection...
“(1) An owner of a managed dwelling may make an application for an appointment order in relation to an estate manager only if— (a) the owner has given a notice of complaint to the...
“(1) The appropriate tribunal may not make an appointment order in relation to an estate manager if the estate manager is specified, or is of a description specified, in regulations made by...
“(1) An appointment order may— (a) make provision with respect to such matters relating to the exercise by the substitute manager of their functions under the order, and such...
“(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations require a person that carries out estate management in respect of a dwelling in England in a relevant capacity to be a member of a redress...
“(1) Nothing in this Part prevents a redress scheme from providing (subject to regulations under section ( (a) for membership to be open to persons who wish to join as voluntary members;...
“The Secretary of State may give financial assistance (by way of grant, loan, or guarantee, or in any other form) or make other payments to a person for the establishment or maintenance...
“(1) This section applies where the Secretary of State makes regulations under section ( (2) The Secretary of State must by regulations set out conditions which are to be satisfied before a...
“(1) An enforcement authority may impose a financial penalty on a person if satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person has breached regulations under section ( (2) The Secretary of...
“(1) The amount of a financial penalty imposed on a person under section ( (a) if Case A, B or C applies, the penalty must not be more than £30,000; (b) otherwise, the penalty must not...
“(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for, or in connection with, authorising an administrator of a redress scheme to apply to a court or tribunal for an order that...
“(1) The lead enforcement authority must oversee the operation of a redress scheme under this Part. (2) The lead enforcement authority must provide— (a) other enforcement authorities,...
“(1) The Secretary of State may from time to time issue or approve guidance for enforcement authorities in England and administrators of redress schemes about co-operation between such...
“In this Part— ‘complaints under a voluntary jurisdiction” has the meaning given in section ( ‘dwelling’ means a building or part of a building occupied or...
“(1) In the LTA 1985, after section 30J (as inserted by section 35) insert—
“(1) An owner of a managed dwelling may give a sales information request to the estate manager. (2) A ‘sales information request’ is a document in a specified form, and given in...
“(1) An estate manager who has been given a sales information request by the owner of a managed dwelling must provide the owner with any of the information requested that is within the...
“(1) Subject to any regulations under subsection (2), a person (‘P’) may charge another person for— (a) determining whether information requested in a sales information...
“(1) A person who makes a sales information request or an onward request (‘C’) may make an application to the appropriate tribunal on the ground that another person...
“(1) This section applies to any right of forfeiture or re-entry in relation to a dwelling held on a long lease which arises either— (a) under the terms of that lease; or (b) under or...
“(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision— (a) requiring any long lease of a dwelling to include a residents management company (‘RMC’) as a party to...
“In Section 71 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, after subsection (2) insert— ‘(3) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision to enable freeholder...
“(1) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision for implementing the proposals of the Regulation of Property Agents Working Group final report of July 2019 as far as they...
“(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make such amendments and modifications of the Acts specified by subsection (2) as in the Secretary of State’s opinion facilitate, or are...
“Section 119 of the Building Safety Act 2022 is amended by the insertion after subsection (4) of the following — ‘(5) The Secretary of State may, by regulations, amend...
“Section 117 of the Building Safety Act 2022 is amended by the insertion after subsection (6) of the following—
“(1) The Secretary of State must publish a report outlining legislative options to ensure that all qualifying tenants in newly-constructed residential properties containing two or more...
“The Secretary of State must before the end of the period of two years beginning with the day on which this Act is passed— (a) review the effect of the participation limit contained...
“Section 72 of the CLRA 2002 is amended in subsection (1)(a), by the addition at the end of the words ‘or of any other building or part of a building which is reasonably capable of...
“(1) Section 181 of the CLRA 2002 is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1), after ‘104’ insert ‘, section 156’. (3) After subsection (1) insert—...
“(1) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision to ensure that any purchaser of a property which is subject to estate management charges— (a) is notified about their...
“(1) The Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 is amended as follows. (2) After section 37B, insert— ‘ (1) This section applies where a claim to exercise the...
“(1) The LHRUDA 1993 is amended as follows. (2) In section 3— (a) in subsection (2)(a), after third ‘building’, insert ‘, or could be separated out by way of the...
“(1) The CLRA 2002 is amended as follows. (2) After section 84, insert— ‘ (1) Where an application is made to the appropriate tribunal under section 84(3) for a determination...
“(1) The Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 is amended as follows. (2) In section 20ZA, after subsection (1), insert— ‘(1A) “Reasonable” for the purpose of subsection (1)...
“(1) Section 72 of the Building Safety Act 2022 is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3). (2) After subsection (2)(b), insert— ‘(c) all repairing obligations...
“(1) Section 5 of the LRHUDA 1993 is amended in accordance with subsection (2). (2) Omit subsections (5) and (6).”— This new clause would implement recommendation 41 of the Law...
“(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision to enable qualifying leaseholders to buy a share of the freehold at a development where a collective enfranchisement has...
“(1) Within six months of the passage of this Act, the Secretary of State must by regulations provide for— (a) every estate manager (see section 39(3)) to be constituted such that a...
“(1) Within three months of the passing of this Act, the Secretary of State must consider and report to Parliament on the situation of homeowners who have been told that they cannot change...
“Notice of intent (1) Before imposing a financial penalty on a person under section (Financial penalties), an enforcement authority must give the person notice of its proposal to do so (a...
I beg to move amendment 28, in title, line 5, leave out “charges and costs payable by residential” and insert “the relationship between residential landlords and”. This...
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