Part of Renters’ Rights Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 2:15 pm ar 5 Tachwedd 2024.
Roger Gale
Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Ways and Means
2:15,
5 Tachwedd 2024
With this it will be convenient to discuss new Clause 9—Changes to discretionary licensing—
“(1) The Housing Act 2004 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 60(2), omit ‘five’ and insert ‘ten’.
(3) In section 84(2), omit ‘five’ and insert ‘ten’.
(4) In section 90(1), at the end of the subsection insert ‘or its condition and contents’.”
This new clause would increase the maximum duration of discretionary licensing schemes from five to ten years and would enable local authorities operating selective licensing schemes to use licence conditions to improve housing conditions.
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.
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.
