Clause 33
Housing and Regeneration Bill
Public Bill Committees, 15 January 2008, 6:30 pm
George Young (North West Hampshire, Conservative)
I rise briefly to see whether I can settle a score with the Minister. Does he agree that clause 33(1) comprises a list? Does he remember what he said a few sittings ago about the problems of lists—that they elevate one strand above another? He said:
“Singling out any specific strand of housing would place a duty on the agency in relation to that type of housing.”——[Official Report, Housing and Regeneration Public Bill Committee, 10 January 2008; c. 159.]
Yet on community services, apparently lists are all right. The list is not comprehensive at all; there is nothing about training, pre-school or sport. Can the Minister provide a cogent explanation of why, earlier in the Bill, lists were out, but at this stage, lists are in?