asked Her Majesty's Government: What conclusions have so far been drawn up by the Department of Trade and Industry monitoring unit on directors' remuneration, since the unit was set up last February.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to ensure that disabled residents living on unadopted roads will be able to take full advantage of the provisions in the draft...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they are taking to ensure equal access to palliative care.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What they are doing to facilitate self-assessment in relation to income tax; and how effective the use of the Internet is in improving the accuracy of tax returns.

Brought from the Commons, endorsed with the certificate from the Speaker (pursuant to the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949) that the Bill as compared with the Hunting Bill of last Session contains...

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do now again resolve itself into Committee on this Bill. Moved, That the House do now again resolve itself into Committee.—(Lord Rooker.)

:TITLE3:Operation of interim EDMOs 1 (1) This paragraph deals with the time when an interim EDMO comes into force or ceases to have effect. (2) The order comes into force when it is made. (3) The...

2 (1) This paragraph applies while an interim EDMO is in force in relation to a dwelling. (2) The rights and powers conferred by sub-paragraph (3) are exercisable by the authority in performing...

3 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to any interest or right created by the authority under paragraph 2(3)(c). (2) For the purposes of any enactment or rule of law— (a) any interest...

4 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to— (a) the relevant proprietor, and (b) other persons with an estate or interest in the dwelling, while an interim EDMO is in force in relation to...

5 (1) This paragraph applies to relevant expenditure of a local housing authority who have made an interim EDMO. (2) "Relevant expenditure" means— (a) expenditure incurred by the authority...

6 (1) The local housing authority may vary an interim EDMO if they consider it appropriate to do so. (2) A variation does not come into force until such time, if any, as is the operative time for...

9 (1) This paragraph deals with the time when a final EDMO comes into force or ceases to have effect. (2) The order does not come into force until such time (if any) as is the operative time for...

10 (1) This paragraph applies while a final EDMO is in force in relation to a dwelling. (2) The rights and powers conferred by sub-paragraph (3) are exercisable by the authority in performing...

11 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to any interest or right created by the authority under paragraph 10(3)(c). (2) For the purposes of any enactment or rule of law— (a) any interest...

12 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to— (a) the relevant proprietor, and (b) other persons with an estate or interest in the dwelling, while a final EDMO is in force in relation to a...

13 (1) A final EDMO must contain a management scheme. (2) A "management scheme" is a scheme setting out how the local housing authority are to carry out their duties under section (Local housing...

14 (1) An affected person may apply to a residential property tribunal for an order requiring the local housing authority to manage a dwelling in accordance with the management scheme contained...

15 (1) The local housing authority may vary a final EDMO if they consider it appropriate to do so. (2) A variation does not come into force until such time, if any, as is the operative time for...

:TITLE3:Effect of EDMOs: persons occupying or having a right to occupy the dwelling 18 (1) This paragraph applies to existing and new occupiers of a dwelling in relation to which an interim EDMO...

19 (1) An agreement or instrument within sub-paragraph (2) has effect, while an interim EDMO or final EDMO is in force, as if any rights or liabilities of the relevant proprietor under the...

20 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where, on the date on which an interim EDMO or final EDMO comes into force, there is furniture owned by the relevant proprietor in the dwelling. (2) Subject to...

21 (1) The local housing authority may supply the dwelling to which an interim EDMO or final EDMO relates with such furniture as they consider to be required. (2) For the purposes of paragraph 5...

22 (1) A residential property tribunal may make an order determining a lease or licence to which this paragraph applies if— (a) the case falls within sub-paragraph (3) or (4), and (b) the...

23 (1) This paragraph applies where an interim EDMO or final EDMO ceases to have effect for any reason. (2) If, on the termination date for an interim EDMO, the total amount of rent or other...

24 (1) This paragraph applies where— (a) an interim EDMO or final EDMO ceases to have effect for any reason, and (b) the order is not immediately followed by a further order under this...

25 (1) The right mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) is exercisable by the local housing authority, or any person authorised in writing by them, at any time when an interim EDMO or final EDMO is in...

:TITLE3:Appeals: decisions relating to EDMOs 26 (1) A relevant person may appeal to a residential property tribunal against— (a) a decision of the local housing authority to make a final...

27 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to an appeal under paragraph 26 in respect of a final EDMO. (2) Any such appeal may be made within the period of 28 days beginning with the date...

28 (1) This paragraph applies to an appeal to a residential property tribunal under paragraph 26 in respect of an interim EDMO or a final EDMO. (2) The appeal— (a) is to be by way of a...

29 (1) This paragraph defines "the operative time" for the purposes of paragraph 9(2). (2) If no appeal is made under paragraph 26 before the end of the period of 28 days mentioned in paragraph...

30 A relevant person may appeal to a residential property tribunal against— (a) a decision of a local housing authority to vary or revoke an interim EDMO or a final EDMO, or (b) a refusal...

31 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to an appeal under paragraph 30 against a decision to vary or revoke, or (as the case may be) to refuse to vary or revoke, an interim EDMO or a final...

32 (1) This paragraph applies to an appeal to a residential property tribunal under paragraph 30 against a decision to vary or revoke, or (as the case may be) to refuse to vary or revoke, an...

33 (1) This paragraph defines "the operative time" for the purposes of— (a) paragraph 6(2) or 7(3) (variation or revocation of interim EDMO), or (b) paragraph 15(2) or 16(3) (variation or...

34 (1) This paragraph applies where a local housing authority have made a decision under section (Making of final EDMOs)(4) or (Compensation payable to third parties)(3) as to whether...

35 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to an appeal under paragraph 34 against a decision of a local housing authority not to pay compensation to a third party or as to the amount of...

36 (1) This paragraph applies in relation to an appeal under paragraph 34 against a decision of a local housing authority not to pay compensation to a third party or as to the amount of...

37 In this Part of this Schedule "relevant person" means any person who has an estate or interest in the dwelling (other than a person who is a tenant under a lease or licence granted under...

rose to move, That the draft regulations laid before the House on 7 September be approved [27th Report from the Joint Committee].

rose to move, That the draft regulations laid before the House on 7 September be approved [27th Report from the Joint Committee].

rose to move, That the draft regulatory reform order laid before the House on 24 June be approved [24th Report from the Regulatory Reform Committee].

House again in Committee. Clause 171 [Disclosure of information as to orders etc. in respect of anti-social behaviour]:

:TITLE3:Duty to forward requests under paragraph 8 or 9 of Part 1 1 (1) This paragraph applies to— (a) a request by the occupier for the owner to approve a person for the purposes of...

2 (1) A claim that a person has broken the duty under paragraph 1(2) above may be made the subject of civil proceedings in like manner as any other claim in tort for breach of statutory duty. (2)...

:TITLE3:Initial demolition notices 1 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule an "initial demolition notice" is a notice served on a secure tenant— (a) stating that the landlord intends to...

2 (1) For the purposes of this Schedule an initial demolition notice— (a) comes into force in respect of the dwelling-house concerned on the date of service of the notice on the tenant, and...

3 (1) Paragraph 14(4) to (7) of Schedule 5 (revocation notices) shall apply in relation to an initial demolition notice as they apply in relation to a final demolition notice. (2) If a compulsory...

4 (1) This paragraph applies where an initial demolition notice ("the relevant notice") has (for any reason) ceased to be in force in respect of a dwelling-house without it being demolished. (2)...

5 Paragraph 15 of Schedule 13 (service of notices) applies in relation to notices under this Schedule as it applies in relation to notices under paragraph 13 or 14 of that Schedule.

6 (1) In this Schedule any reference to the landlord, in the context of a reference to the demolition or intended demolition of any premises, includes a reference to a superior landlord. (2) In...

1 (1) A tenancy deposit scheme must be either— (a) a custodial scheme, or (b) an insurance scheme. (2) A "custodial scheme" is a scheme under which— (a) tenancy deposits in connection...

2 (1) A custodial scheme must conform with the following provisions— paragraphs 3 and 4, and paragraphs 7 and 8. (2) An insurance scheme must conform with the following provisions—...

3 (1) This paragraph applies to a custodial scheme. (2) The scheme must provide for any landlord who receives a tenancy deposit in connection with a shorthold tenancy to pay an amount equal to...

4 (1) A custodial scheme must make provision— (a) for enabling the tenant and the landlord under a shorthold tenancy in connection with which a tenancy deposit is held in accordance with...

5 (1) This paragraph applies to an insurance scheme. (2) The scheme must provide that any landlord by whom a tenancy deposit is retained under the scheme must give the scheme administrator an...

6 (1) An insurance scheme must make provision in accordance with this paragraph in relation to the respective obligations of the landlord and the scheme administrator where— (a) a tenancy...

7 (1) Every custodial scheme or insurance scheme must provide for the scheme administrator to respond as soon as is practicable to any request within sub-paragraph (2) made by the tenant under a...

8 (1) Every custodial scheme or insurance scheme must provide for facilities to be available for enabling disputes relating to tenancy deposits subject to the scheme to be resolved without...

9 The appropriate national authority may by order make such amendments of this Schedule as it considers appropriate." On Question, amendments agreed to. Schedule 8 agreed to. Clause 189 agreed...

In section 2 of the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (terms of agreements) after subsection (4) insert— "(5) The supplementary provisions in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to this Act have effect for the...

Bill returned from the Commons with the amendments agreed to.

My Lords, I have to notify the House, in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967, that the Queen has signified her Royal Assent to the following Acts: Sustainable and Secure Buildings Act,...