Public Bill Committees
Homes Bill

• Homes Bill, 1st sitting (20 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Meaning of ``residential property''and other expressions (73 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 31, in page 1, line 15, leave out `or intended to be occupied'.
• Homes Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. George Stevenson in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Meaning of ``residential property'' and other expressions (112 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 51, in page 1, line 17, at end insert— `( ) ``Energy efficiency'' means the extent to which the sources of heating and lighting in domestic premises are...
  • Clause 2 - Responsibility for marketing a property which is on the market (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 16, in page 2, line 11, at end insert— `( ) A sale where a property is advertised for sale by a seller who has not instructed an estate agent, and in which the...
• Homes Bill, 3rd sitting (7 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 2 - Responsibility for marketing a property which is on the market (24 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 26, in page 2, line 25, at end insert— `(5A) The seller does not become responsible under subsection (5) by marketing the property to an individual who is known...
  • Clause 3 - Duties of responsible person where a property is on the market (58 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 35, in page 2, line 42, leave out `shall have in his possession, at all times during that period' and insert `upon reasonable demand shall make available'.
• Homes Bill, 4th sitting (8 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 3Duties of a responsible person where a property is on the market (25 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 1, in page 3, line 28, leave out subsection (8). Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Clause 4Other duties of person acting as estate agent (5 speeches)
    I beg to move Government amendment No. 54, in page 3, line 44, at beginning insert `with a view to marketing the property,'. I hope that the amendment will be uncontroversial. A person acting as...
  • Clause 5Exceptions (17 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 3, in page 4, line 26, at end add `save that this section shall not apply to residential properties owned by local authorities or registered social landlords.'. The...
  • Clause 6Defences (27 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 41, in page 4, line 30, leave out subsection (2).
  • Clause 7Contents of sellers' packs (20 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 43, in page 5, line 19, leave out `may' and insert `shall'.
• Homes Bill, 5th sitting (3 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 7 - Contents of sellers' packs (67 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 8, in page 6, line 22, leave out from `provision' to the end of line 24. I am grateful for the birth condition report. I hope that we will have good news later on....
  • Clause 8 - Home condition reports (22 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 44, in page 6, line 24, leave out `may' and insert `shall'.
• Homes Bill, 6th sitting (2 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 8 - Home condition reports (34 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 11, in page 7, line 2, at end insert `, being a minimum of £500,000 in the first instance.'.
  • Clause 9 - Enforcement (29 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 14, in page 7, line 15, leave out subsection (1).
  • Schedule 1 - Fixed penalties and enforcement (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That this schedule be the First schedule to the Bill
  • Clause 11 - Offences by bodies corporate etc. (6 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 46, in page 7, line 41, leave out subsection (1) and insert— `( ) Any offence under this Part committed by a person in the course of his employment shall be...
  • Clause 14 - Acting as an estate agent (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 53, in page 8, line 41, leave out from `Only' to `a' and insert `a person who in the course of a business is engaged in estate agency work and who has'.
• Homes Bill, 7th sitting (7 speeches)
  [Mr. George Stevenson in the Chair]
  • New Clause 1 - Agreement between vendor and purchaser (26 speeches)
    `.—(1) This section and sections (Proof of ability to pay sale price) and (Withdrawal from contract, etc.) apply to an agreement between a vendor and a purchaser for the sale of a property...
  • Clause 16 - Duty of local housing authority to formulate a homelessness strategy (49 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 101, page 10, line 4, at beginning insert `In conjunction with its strategic partners'.
• Homes Bill, 8th sitting (2 speeches)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 16 - Duty of local housing authority to formulate a homelessness strategy (107 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 101, in page 10, line 4, at beginning insert— `In conjunction with its strategic partners'.--[Mr. Don Foster.] Question again proposed, That the...
  • Clause 17 - Homelessness reviews (20 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 99, in page 10, line 30, after `homelessness', insert `, including rough sleeping,'.
• Homes Bill, 9th sitting (4 speeches)
  [Mr. George Stevenson in the Chair]
  • Clause 17 - Homelessness reviews (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 67, in page 10, line 35, at end insert `and— (d) the availability of housing advice within the district'. I am delighted to move this amendment in the knowledge...
  • Clause 18 - Homelessness strategies (44 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 69, in page 11, line 45, after `organisations', insert `, registered social landlords holding accommodation in the district of the authority, tenants' groups'.
  • Clause 20 - Provision of accommodation for persons not in priority need who are not homeless intentionally (11 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 80, in page 12, line 20, after `intentionally', insert— `(i) for subsection (2) there is substituted— ``(2) The authority shall provide the applicant with...
  • Clause 21 - Abolition of minimum period for which an authority is subject to main homelessness duty (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 22 - Events which may cause the duty to cease (3 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 72, page 13, line 16, at end insert `and states that the offer shall remain available to the applicant for not less than three working days from the date of the offer,...
• Homes Bill, 10th sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 22 - Events which cause the duty to cease (13 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 72, in page 13, line 16, at end insert `and states that the offer shall remain available to the applicant for not less than three working days from the date of...
  • Clause 23 - Abolition of duty under section 197 (6 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 25 - Abolition of duty to maintain housing register (38 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 81, in page 15, line 19, at end insert `and is entitled to apply to a local housing authority for an allocation of housing accommodation.'.
• Homes Bill, 11th sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair]
  • Clause 27 - allocation schemes (55 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 105, in page 17, line 3, after `are' insert `to be'. The Committee may have noticed that there has been a change in tactics on the Government Front Bench. I am now...
• Homes Bill, 12th sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. George Stevenson in the Chair]
  • Clause 27 - PMS and PDS lists (30 speeches)
    Amendment proposed: No. 77, in page 17, leave out lines 31 and 32—[Mr. Don Foster.] Question again proposed, That the amendment be made.
  • Schedule 2 - Minor and consequential amendments (15 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 109, in page 24, line 19, at end insert— `. In section 190(2)(b) and (3) (provision of advice and assistance), for ``advice and such assistance as they consider...
  • New Clause 14 - Whether it is reasonable to continueto occupy accommodation (2 speeches)
    To move the following Clause:— `.—( ) In section 177 of the 1996 Act (whether it is reasonable to continue to occupy accommodation) after subsection (1) there is inserted— ``(...
  • New Clause 15 - Referral of applicant to another authority (4 speeches)
    To move the following Clause:— `( ).—(1) Section 198 of the 1996 Act (referral to another local housing authority) is amended as follows. (2) in subsection (2) at the end there is...
  • New Clause 18 - New form of short term tenure for councils (short social tenancy) (12 speeches)
    `. In Schedule 1 of the Housing Act 1985 (tenancies which are not secure tenancies), after paragraph 4 there is inserted— ``4A. A tenancy is not a secure tenancy provided that— (i)...