Clause 246
Housing and Regeneration Bill
3:00 pm
Lembit Öpik (Shadow Minister (Housing), Department for Communities and Local Government; Montgomeryshire, Liberal Democrat)
Do the enforcement authorities as outlined in the clause already have the necessary skills and competences to carry out their new responsibilities? If not, what process does the Minister envisage to ensure that those authorities are not left vulnerable to a failure to carry out the duties that they are being charged with? I am particularly concerned that the authorities themselves may say that this is yet another additional burden for which they do not have sufficient resources.