Clause 37
Housing and Regeneration Bill
9:45 am
Iain Wright (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Communities and Local Government; Hartlepool, Labour)
Once again, I thank the right hon. Gentleman. He is right to suggest that my response will be similar to that on clause 36. He will know that the provisions of clause 37 are the same as those in the Housing Act 1988 and the Housing Act 1996. We are looking into the CML’s point about how the operation of the determinations will interact with repossessions and so on. Dialogues are ongoing between officials and the CML, and they are proving fruitful. We are trying to reassure the CML as much as we can, which is having a productive conclusion. I hope that reassures the right hon. Gentleman.