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Part of Orders of the Day — Housing (Scotland) Bill – in the House of Commons at 11:15 pm on 29 March 1988.

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Photo of John Home Robertson John Home Robertson , East Lothian 11:15, 29 March 1988

I beg to move amendment No. 22, in page 12, leave out lines 35 to 38 and insert 'two months'.

Subsection (4) provides for eviction with as little as two weeks' notice on certain grounds. The amendment would extend that to a minimum of two months, which would allow at least some scope for a family to find another home. Two weeks is surely grossly unreasonable and inadequate, and I hope the Minister will give this issue some thought.