Part of Renters (Reform) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 10:15 am ar 28 Tachwedd 2023.
Matthew Pennycook
Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)
10:15,
28 Tachwedd 2023
I beg to move Amendment 175, in Clause 32, page 40, line 18, at end insert—
“(ba) details, which may include copies, of all notices seeking possession served by the residential landlord in respect of each dwelling of which he is the landlord, and”.
This amendment would require the database to record details of notices of possession served by a landlord in respect of each dwelling of which they are the landlord.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
