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Social Rented Housing: Regulation

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government written question – answered at on 5 November 2019.

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Photo of Paul Farrelly Paul Farrelly Labour, Newcastle-under-Lyme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans to create a new consumer regulator for social housing with powers for monitoring and enforcement.

Photo of Esther McVey Esther McVey Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

holding answer received on 04 November 2019

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 5 November 2019, cW)

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