[Mr Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Housing Supply (London)

Part of the debate – in Westminster Hall at 10:18 am on 15 July 2015.

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Photo of Jeremy Corbyn Jeremy Corbyn Labour, Islington North 10:18, 15 July 2015

My hon. Friend is right. I hope that the Government will think this through and not introduce the regulation. It is unworkable and will lead to a lot of perverse results, unless it is a Trojan horse for something else, as I suggested, putting all council rents on to a completely market level. I suspect that that is in the beady eye of at least some in the Conservative party.

The second area of concern is the private rented sector. More or less a third of the population of my borough live in that sector, often in poor conditions. Most are on six-month assured shorthold tenancies; they have no control over the rent and, in reality, no protection against eviction. We must address the question of the quality and regulation of the private rented sector.