Renters’ Rights Bill – in the House of Commons at 7:30 pm on 8 September 2025.
Votes in this debate
Division number 284
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 53
The House divided: Ayes 401, Noes 96.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Lords amendment 53 disagreed to.
Lords amendments 55 to 62 disagreed to.
Government amendment (a) made in lieu of Lords amendments 55 to 62.
Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 64.—(Matthew Pennycook.)
Division number 285
Renters’ Rights Bill: Motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 64
The House divided: Ayes 335, Noes 160.
Question accordingly agreed to.
Lords amendment 64 disagreed to.
Lords amendment 67 disagreed to.
Government amendment (a) made in lieu of Lords amendment 67.
Lords amendments 1 to 10, 12, 13, 15 to 17, 20 to 25, 28 to 38, 40 to 52, 54, 63, 65, 66 and 68 to 77 agreed to, with Commons financial privileges waived in respect of Lords amendment 68. Ordered, That a Committee be appointed to draw up Reasons to be assigned to the Lords for disagreeing with their amendments 11, 18, 19, 26, 27, 39, 53 and 64;
That Matthew Pennycook, Gen Kitchen, Harpreet Uppal, Michael Wheeler, Rachel Blake, Sir James Cleverly and Gideon Amos be members of the Committee;
That Matthew Pennycook be the Chair of the Committee;
That three be the quorum of the Committee.
That the Committee do withdraw immediately.—(Deirdre Costigan.)
Committee to withdraw immediately; reasons to be reported and communicated to the Lords.
Tom Gordon
Liberal Democrat, Harrogate and Knaresborough
9:24,
8 September 2025
I rise to present a petition on disabled bus passes and their use during peak hours. At the moment, across England, there is a 9.30 am barrier, as before that time people are not guaranteed to be able to use their disabled bus pass. This varies wildly across England, depending on whether different local authorities subsidise and enhance that concession. I believe, as do the petitioners and others, that people live with their disabilities 24/7 and that those disabilities do not know the bounds of such arbitrary time limits.
I thank Jackie Snape of Disability Action Yorkshire, the Royal National Institute of Blind People, Waterside Changemakers and all the other campaign groups who have helped with the campaign and the petition. We know that disabled people already face unfair and additional barriers when participating in society. These structural and societal inequalities include higher living costs and limited transport options.
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to allow disabled people to use their bus passes at all times of day, including during peak hours, to promote fairness, independence and equal access to public transport.
Following is the full text of the petition:
[The Petition of residents of North Yorkshire,
Declares that restricting the use of disabled persons’ bus passes during peak hours is unfair and places additional barriers on disabled people, who already face significant structural and societal inequalities, including higher living costs and limited transport options.
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to allow disabled people to use their bus passes at all times of day, including during peak hours, to promote fairness, independence, and equal access to public transport.]
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