Clause 76 - Tests for fitness etc. and satisfactory management arrangements
Housing Bill
2:45 pm
Mr Robert Syms (Poole, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 309, in
clause 76, page 50, line 32, at end insert—
'(d) any recorded convictions on the sex offenders' register'.
This amendment concerns a test of fitness and is part of a theme we introduced earlier in the Bill, which is that one ought to pay regard to people having convictions or being on the sex offenders register. This is something that ought to be considered as part of the criteria.
I do not intend to go on, as it is almost dark and I am interested to hear what the Minister has to say about our well-crafted amendments.