Part of Renters’ Rights Bill - Report (3rd Day) – in the House of Lords at 4:45 pm on 15 July 2025.
Lord Jamieson
Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government), Opposition Whip (Lords)
4:45,
15 July 2025
My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Best, and the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, for speaking on this important topic. I think we all agree that we want a system that works and is clear and easy to understand, although we seem to have some slight disagreements on how that might be best achieved. I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Best, for his agreement that the current system is confusing. I am also grateful to the Minister for her response and for engaging seriously with the concerns that have been raised.
While I appreciate the Government’s recognition of the risks of duplication and their commitment to addressing them during implementation, we remain of the view that greater clarity is essential to ensure that the redress scheme works smoothly and fairly for all. The key issue is triage—how the different schemes will work together—and we very much look forward to the Minister bringing forward proposals and guidance that we can all see and can be clear to both landlords and tenants on how they will go through the system. I think we are all in agreement that we want it to work and we have a real concern about duplication. So, although I will not press this Amendment, we will continue to hold the Government to account on this issue as the Bill becomes law. With that, I beg to withdraw this amendment.
Amendment 91 withdrawn.
Clause 67: Financial penalties
Amendment 92 not moved.
Amendment 93 not moved.
Clause 76: The database
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