Clause 1 - New system for assessing housing conditions and enforcing housing standards
Housing Bill
Public Bill Committees, 20 January 2004, 2:30 pm
Mr Keith Hill (Minister of State (Housing and Planning), Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Streatham, Labour)
Let me concur in two respects with the hon. Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Mr. Davey). First, I, too, extend a warm welcome to you as Chairman, Mr. Pike. I have had the pleasure of serving under your expert, wise and benevolent chairmanship on many occasions. I look forward to you exercising all those wonderful qualities in our proceedings. Secondly, I concur with him that I had concluded my observations.
Amendment agreed to.
Amendment made: No. 4, in
clause 1, page 2, line 4, leave out 'ones' and insert 'kinds of enforcement action'.—[Keith Hill.]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.