Clause 80 - Revocation of licences
Housing Bill
3:00 pm
Dr Alan Whitehead (Southampton, Test, Labour)
I am somewhat concerned by the amendment, because it would add a requirement without clarifying whether it reads across to part 2.
If a local authority has decided to withdraw from a landlord a licence issued under the general requirement to register houses with more than five people and three storeys, perhaps because of his criminal record, but then selectively extends a licence for other purposes—perhaps because of pressure on HMOs or low demand—and that landlord also has a house in that area, does the landlord automatically lose that other licence or is a separate procedure required? As far as the amendment is concerned, that would introduce an irregularity between those two circumstances, and would produce a non-read-across outcome. Will the Under-Secretary clarify that point, which also relates to that which the hon. Member for Poole (Mr. Syms) makes with the amendment?