Clause 4 - Inspections by local housing authorities to see whether category 1 or 2 hazards exist
Housing Bill
9:45 am
Mr Matthew Green (Ludlow, Liberal Democrat)
As the Minister takes that view, will he reassure the Committee regarding the following hypothetical case, which may arise if the amendment is not passed? Suppose that a Member complained to his local authority about a dangerous property, but the local authority did nothing and someone was injured in the property, which turned out to contain a category 1 hazard. In
such a case, the council would almost certainly be liable on the grounds that it had been warned about the property but had failed to do anything about it.