Localism Bill

Part of the debate – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:00 pm on 25 January 2011.

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Jacky Peacock: The Bill presents an opportunity to try to bring a little more consistency across the rented sectors. For example, I think it would be well worth while the Committee taking off the shelf and dusting the Law Commission proposals to reform private renting. Among the key recommendations from that report was introducing consumer contracts—standard landlord-neutral contracts setting out clearly all the rights and obligations of both parties, which are currently spread across no fewer than 49 statutes and innumerable pieces of case law. That would make an enormous difference, but people cannot exercise their rights or have a voice unless they understand what those rights and obligations are.