Written evidence to be reported to the House
Housing and Regeneration Bill
11:15 am
Nick Raynsford (Greenwich and Woolwich, Labour)
Let me pursue this. This legislation will give very considerable powers to the regulator to intervene where a body subject to regulation has failed to meet a standard. That standard could include things such as “the extent to which demand is to be supplied”. That sounds to me like the regulator being able to intervene, if an authority fails to provide adequately in terms of output. You can see the point that I am making. We are going back to the earlier discussion about what happens if there is under-provision. Are you happy with that particular power?