Part of Tenant Fees Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 2:45 pm on 7 June 2018.
Rishi Sunak
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)
2:45,
7 June 2018
After the legislation passes, that would be a particularly silly thing for letting agents to do, because they would not, under the legislation and this particular Clause, be able to charge the tenant for those utility arrangements. The clause specifically prohibits letting agents from charging those payments to tenants. The hon. Lady should feel reassured about that.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
