Clause 56 - Licence conditions
Housing Bill
4:15 pm
Sir Sydney Chapman (Chipping Barnet, Conservative)
I also apologise to the hon. Member for Ludlow. I was hoping to intervene on him to save the Committee a little time.
Six sets of conditions are set out in clause 56(2) and although the hon. Gentleman explained where he is coming from—via a good Shelter briefing, I might add—I am slightly perplexed about why he wants to introduce the word ''reasonable''. We have had this debate before, so I need not rehearse the arguments, but the other five conditions are specific and I cannot see why he now wants to introduce the word ''reasonable'' because that can mean different things to different people. It would be helpful to the Committee if the hon. Gentleman explained his rationale.