Did you mean Housing Act 2003?
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage: ...no doubt your Lordships will hear about that in due course. On the strategic planning issues, our intention is to implement the new plan making system set out in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act from summer or autumn 2025. We anticipate that all current-system plans that are not subject to transitional arrangements will need to be submitted for examination under the existing 2004 Act...
The Senior Deputy Speaker: Moved by The Senior Deputy Speaker That, as proposed by the Committee of Selection, the following members be appointed as the panel of members to act as Deputy Chairmen of Committees for this session: Ashton of Hyde, L, Barker, B, Beith, L, Bull, B, Colville of Culross, V, Duncan of Springbank, L, Faulkner of Worcester, L, Finlay of Llandaff, B, Fookes, B, Garden...
Nickie Aiken: ...it to be one term, as I hoped that I might scrape a second. I started on the greasy pole, the ministerial ladder, during those four and a half years. I was appointed as a PPS in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government quite early on, but I found that it was not for me. [Interruption.] The Whips probably realised, too. Being on the payroll, I could not say anything. As...
Baroness Swinburne: ...rent. The noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, referred to the First-tier Tribunal—I think he wanted it to go. We are working closely with the Ministry of Justice and the judiciary to assess the impact on the First-tier Tribunal of this new Bill. We anticipate that the reforms will lead to an increase in cases, but we will ensure that the tribunal has the capacity to deal with these cases....
Andrea Jenkyns: I beg to move, That this House has considered the costs associated with illegal immigration. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting this debate, and I thank Members across the House for their support, including the former Home Secretary, my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Fareham (Suella Braverman);...
...Bybrook: Moved by Baroness Scott of Bybrook 56: Before Schedule 9, insert the following new Schedule—“Schedule Part 2: consequential amendments to other legislationParliamentary Commissioner Act 19671 In Schedule 4 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (relevant tribunals), in the entry relating to rent assessment committees, omit “and also known as leasehold valuation...
...This amendment is consequential on amendment NC28. Amendment 218, page 29, line 10, at end insert— “(7A) Omit section 215C”.—(Jacob Young.) This amendment is an additional amendment of the Housing Act 2004 regarding tenancy deposit protection, arising from the repeal of section 21 of the 1988 Act. It repeals a transitional provision in the 2004 Act.
Amendments made: 245, page 128, line 2, at end insert— “Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 A1 In section 13(1A) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 (as amended by section 25) omit paragraph (b) and the ‘or’ before it. Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 A2 In Schedule 3 to the Agricultural Holdings Act 1986 (cases where consent of tribunal to operation of notice to quit is not required), in Part...
Amendment made: 185, in page 140, line 37, leave out “type 2” and insert “type 1”.—(Jacob Young.) This amendment corrects a drafting error in the amendment of section 40(4) of the Housing Act 2004.
“(1) Section 72 of the Housing Act 2004 (offences in relation to licensing of HMOs) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4). (2) For subsection (1) substitute— “(1) If an HMO is required to be licensed under this Part (see section 61(1)) but is not so licensed, an offence is committed by— (a) any person within subsection (1A), and (b) any person who as landlord under a...
“In Schedule 1 to the Housing Act 2004 (procedure and appeals relating to improvement notices), in paragraph 2(2)— (a) after “the notice” insert “on whichever of the following the authority considers ought to take the action specified in it”, (b) in paragraphs (a) and (b), omit “on” in each place, and (c) after paragraph (b) insert— “(c) (in either case) if the premises or...
“In the Housing and Planning Act 2016, after section 51 insert— “51A Landlord which is body corporate: liability of directors etc (1) This section applies where— (a) a landlord which is a body corporate has committed an offence to which this Chapter applies, and (b) the offence— (i) was committed with the consent or connivance of a relevant person in relation to the body corporate,...
Wera Hobhouse: Before I start my remarks, I refer the House to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. My amendments—amendments 39 to 41—all refer to the Protection from Eviction Act 1977. I have raised this issue with the Government for the past two years, after one of my constituents, who is a lecturer in law at Bristol University, came to me with his concerns. To be fair to the...
Mike Amesbury: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's Building Safety Remediation: monthly data release - February 2024, published on 21 March 2024, what proportion of enforcement action taken by local authorities on high-rise buildings under the Housing Act 2004 relates to buildings that are not supported by any remediation funding scheme.
Matthew Offord: ...is meeting the cost of addressing fire safety risks associated with cladding on residential buildings over 11 metres high, but that does not include low-rise buildings. The Minister has been contacted by Barnet Council following an investigation of a fire at a low-rise residential property last year, which established that 459 properties in my constituency constituted a category 1 hazard...
Matthew Offord: ...council under right to buy. They are all affected by the same conditions, and 459 of them are in my constituency in the ward of Burnt Oak. They now constitute a category 1 hazard as defined by the Housing Act 2004, and the works to redress the issues are expected to cost £23,000 per house. Can a Minister come to the Dispatch Box and advise the House on what assistance the Government will...
Baroness Scott of Bybrook: ..., an estimated 77% of shared ownership purchases were made by first-time buyers and 33% of those purchases were made by buyers under the age of 30—a testament to the effectiveness of the action of this Government. Furthermore, our First Homes scheme offers first-time buyers under the age of 40 a minimum 30% discount on the price of an eligible new home, helping the younger generation get...
Drew Hendry: I beg to move, That this House has considered the introduction of energy rebates for Highlands and Islands. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. Before I start the debate, may I thank the Minister for taking time out to see me prior to this debate? Engaging beforehand is a refreshing departure from how many of her Government colleagues work, so I thank her for the...
Jacob Young: The definition of a house in multiple occupation (HMO), and which buildings are not HMOs, is set out in the Housing Act 2004. According to schedule 14 of this Act, a building managed or controlled by a local housing authority, a non-profit registered provider of social housing or a body registered as a social landlord (under part 1 of the Housing Act 1996) is not an HMO. As such, it is not...
...estate was granted before 22 December 2017, or (b) the superior leasehold estate was granted on or after 22 December 2017 in pursuance of an agreement entered into before that date. Community housing leases 2 (1) A lease that— (a) is a community housing lease, and (b) meets any further conditions which may be specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State. (2) A lease is a...
