Debate on bill on Tuesday, 11 December 2018, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth and Lord Young of Cookham.

Tenant Fees Bill

Lords report stage. After clause 21, Government new clause (Client money protection schemes: approval and designation), and Government new clause (Client money protection schemes: requirement to belong to a scheme etc.), agreed to. Government and other amendments agreed to. Bill, as amended, ordered to be printed (HL Bill 152).

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 794 cc1253-1284
Session: 2017-19
Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Legislative stage: Report stage
Procedure: New clauses
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Tenant Fees Bill 2017-19. Brought from the Commons.
Thursday, 6 September 2018
Bills
House of Lords; Tenant Fees Bill 2017-19. As amended on Report.
Tuesday, 11 December 2018
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1253 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
1: Clause 1, page 2, line 10, leave out “the pers...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1253-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will first speak briefly on Amendments 1, 2, 5 to 12, 16 to 19, 33, 35 to 41, 60 and ...; Lord Shipley | 794 c1254 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, since we have begun Report I should declare my vice-presidency of the Local Government ...; Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 794 c1254 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, as this is the first time that I have spoken on Report, I draw the House’s attention to...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1254 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am very grateful for the noble Lords’ support. I beg to move.; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1254 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
2: Clause 1, page 2, line 19, leave out “the pers...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1254 (Link to this contribution)
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
3: Clause 1, page 2, line 38, at beginning insert...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1254-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we are all clear that the purpose of the Bill is to ban agents and landlords from charg...; Lord Shipley | 794 c1256 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister referred to what I said at Second Reading and he is entirely right. I welc...; Lord Beecham | 794 c1256 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I join the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, in supporting these Government amendments. It cert...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1256 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Beecham and Lord Shipley, for their support. I will write...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1256 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
4: Clause 1, page 2, line 39, at end insert—
<...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1256-7 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
5: Clause 2, page 2, line 46, at end insert “the ...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1257 (Link to this contribution)
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
14: Clause 8, page 6, line 13, after “of” insert ...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1257-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, Amendments 14, 15, 45 to 48, 61 to 65 and 67 to 70 in my name relate to the treatment o...; Baroness Thornhill | 794 c1260 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interest as one of the happy band of vice-presidents of the Local Governme...; Earl of Lytton | 794 c1260 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I declare my interests as a vice-president of the LGA but also as a practising chartere...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1260-1 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, and the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, for their ...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1261 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
15: Clause 10, page 7, line 33, after “breaching”...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1261 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
16: Clause 11, page 8, line 13, leave out “date” ...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1261-2 (Link to this contribution)
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
21: Clause 21, page 14, line 24, leave out from b...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1262-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 22, 27, 32 and 71 in my name which relate to client mo...; Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 794 c1265 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for his sympathetic and speedy response to the issues that ...; Lord Flight | 794 c1265 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I refer to my interest as a modest landlord, as declared in the register. The new rules...; Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 794 c1266 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for his incredible help and support in getting this legisla...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1266 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have participated in the debate on this part of the legislation...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1267-9 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
22: After Clause 21, insert the following new Cla...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1269 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
27: After Clause 21, insert the following new Cla...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1270 (Link to this contribution)
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
29: Clause 26, page 17, line 27, at end insert—; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1270 (Link to this contribution)
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
32: Clause 27, page 20, line 6, at end insert—; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1270 (Link to this contribution)
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
33: Clause 28, page 20, line 30, after “tenant” i...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1271 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
35: Clause 28, page 20, line 35, leave out “the t...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1271 (Link to this contribution)
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
42: Schedule 1, page 24, line 12, leave out “the ...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1271-2 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
44: Schedule 1, page 24, line 14, at end insert—<...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1272 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
50: Schedule 1, page 24, line 31, leave out “A” a...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1272-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 51 and 53 to 57 in my name, and to Amendment 54, which...; Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 794 c1274 (Link to this contribution)
Absolutely inaccurate.; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1274 (Link to this contribution)
Right. Perhaps the noble Lord will be able to cover that.
As I have said, long-standing cas...; Baroness Gardner of Parkes | 794 c1274 (Link to this contribution)
I apologise to the House; I would have spoken earlier, but it did not seem that Amendment 42 was ...; Lord Flight | 794 cc1274-5 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I similarly would like to speak to Amendments 42, 43 and 44, on tenancy deposits. The o...; Lord Shipley | 794 c1275 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, if I might, I will intervene at this stage to speak to Amendment 43, which is what we a...; Earl of Lytton | 794 cc1275-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg to differ slightly from the conclusions of the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, although...; Baroness Grender | 794 c1276 (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps I may ask for clarification: are we now talking about five weeks, or about default?; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1276 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it might be helpful to the House if I deal with the rental issue first. If anyone wants...; Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 794 cc1276-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, we have jumped around these groups of amendments today. There appears to be an issue wi...; Baroness Grender | 794 cc1277-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I will come on to damages in a moment, but first perhaps I may take us back to the cele...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1279 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it may be convenient for me to say that I regret any misunderstanding. I too thought th...; Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 794 c1279 (Link to this contribution)
I am absolutely delighted. I thank noble Lords for that. There was obviously some confusion, but ...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1279 (Link to this contribution)
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
51: Schedule 1, page 24, line 31, after second “a...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1279 (Link to this contribution)
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
53: Schedule 1, page 24, line 33, after “paragrap...; Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 794 c1279 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Kennedy of Southwark
58: Schedule 1, in the heading, leave out “Payment...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1279 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
57: Schedule 1, page 25, line 1, at end insert—; Baroness Grender | 794 c1279 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Baroness Grender
59: Schedule 1, page 25, line 13, at end insert—
“( )...; Baroness Grender | 794 cc1279-1281 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, there is an expression about having your cake and eating it, and this is my attempt to ...; Earl of Lytton | 794 c1281 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, may be pleasantly surprised by the fact that I agree ...; Lord Young of Cookham | 794 cc1282-3 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the co-pilot is in charge of this last amendment, which relates to the charges that can...; Baroness Grender | 794 c1283 (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for his reassurances. I will stick there, since I have the noble Earl, Lord ...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1283 (Link to this contribution)
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Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
60: Schedule 1, page 26, line 14, leave out “para...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 cc1283-4 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
61: Schedule 2, page 27, line 7, leave out “befor...; Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth | 794 c1284 (Link to this contribution)
Moved by
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
71: In the Title, line 6, leave out from “agents”...
Subjects: Damages Costs Deposits Fees and charges Liability Insurance Homelessness Interest charges Landlord and tenant Older people Repayments Tenants Rented housing Tenancy agreements Shared housing Television licences
Legislation: Tenant Fees Bill 2017-19
Link: View this Parliamentary proceeding on hansard.parliament.uk

Tenant Fees Bill

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