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Publications and Debates

Date Type Title
15th July 2025 Report stage
7th July 2025 Report stage
3rd July 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103-II Second marshalled list for Report
1st July 2025 Report stage: Minutes of Proceedings Part 2
1st July 2025 Report stage: Minutes of Proceedings Part 1
1st July 2025 Report stage: Part 2
1st July 2025 Report stage: Part 1
1st July 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103-I(b) Amendment for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
30th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103-I(a) Amendment for Report (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
27th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103-I Marshalled list for Report
26th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 26 June 2025
25th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 25 June 2025
25th June 2025 Delegated Powers Memorandum Renters' Rights Bill: Second Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum
24th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 24 June 2025
23rd June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 23 June 2025
20th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 20 June 2025
19th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 19 June 2025
18th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 18 June 2025
17th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments - 17 June 2025
16th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments - 16 June 2025
13th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments - 13 June 2025
6th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments - 6 June 2025
5th June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments - 5 June 2025
3rd June 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments - 3 June 2025
30th May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 30 May 2025
29th May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 29 May 2025
27th May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 27 May 2025
22nd May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 22 May 2025
21st May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 103 Running list of amendments – 21 May 2025
19th May 2025 Will write letters Letter from Baroness Taylor regarding further detail on the government's legal analysis of the 12 month restricted period in the Bill and compatibility with article 1 of protocol 1 to the European Convention on Human Rights.
15th May 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings
15th May 2025 Committee stage
15th May 2025 Bill HL Bill 103 (as amended in Committee)
14th May 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings Part 2
14th May 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings Part 1
14th May 2025 Committee stage: Part 2
14th May 2025 Committee stage: Part 1
14th May 2025 Will write letters Letter from Baroness Taylor to Lord Empey, Baroness Scott and Lord Jamieson regarding an inconsistency between the Government commitment to abolish fixed term tenancies and the Home Office approach to housing asylum seekers.
13th May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-VI Sixth marshalled list for Committee
12th May 2025 Committee stage
12th May 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings
12th May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-V(b) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List)
9th May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-V(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Fifth Marshalled List)
8th May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-V Fifth marshalled list for Committee
7th May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-IV(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Fourth Marshalled List)
6th May 2025 Committee stage part two
6th May 2025 Committee stage part one
6th May 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings part two
6th May 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings part one
1st May 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-IV Fourth marshalled list for Committee
30th April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-III(b) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List)
29th April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-III(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Third Marshalled List)
28th April 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings
28th April 2025 Committee stage
25th April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-III Third marshalled list for Committee
24th April 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings part two
24th April 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings part one
24th April 2025 Committee stage part two
24th April 2025 Committee stageLords Hansar part one
23rd April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-II(a) Amendment for Committee (Supplementary to the Second Marshalled List)
23rd April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-II Second marshalled list for Committee
22nd April 2025 Committee stage part one
22nd April 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings part two
22nd April 2025 Committee stage: Minutes of Proceedings part one
22nd April 2025 Committee stage part two
22nd April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-I(b) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
17th April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-I(a) Amendments for Committee (Supplementary to the Marshalled List)
16th April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60-I Marshalled list for Committee
15th April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 15 April 2025
14th April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 14 April 2025
10th April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 10 April 2025
8th April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 8 April 2025
3rd April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 3 April 2025
2nd April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 2 April 2025
2nd April 2025 Delegated Powers Memorandum Renters' Rights Bill: Supplementary Delegated Powers Memorandum
1st April 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 1 April 2025
28th March 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 28 March 2025
27th March 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 27 March 2025
21st March 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 21 March 2025
17th March 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 17 March 2025
14th March 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments - 14 March 2025
12th March 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 12 March 2025
5th March 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 5 March 2025
4th March 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 4 March 2025
28th February 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 28 February 2025
27th February 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 27 February 2025
26th February 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 26 February 2025
25th February 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 25 February 2025
24th February 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 24 February 2025
21st February 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 21 February 2025
20th February 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 20 February 2025
19th February 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 19 February 2025
17th February 2025 Amendment Paper HL Bill 60 Running list of amendments – 17 February 2025

Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
UK Constitution: Oversight and Responsibility (Report from the Constitution Committee)
49 speeches (23,754 words)
Friday 4th July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Northern Ireland Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Bates (Con - Life peer) Marlborough of 1267, which addressed the misuse of power by feudal landlords—a kind of medieval renters’ rights Bill - Link to Speech

Business of the House
130 speeches (12,906 words)
Thursday 3rd July 2025 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) We have some measures in the Renters’ Rights Bill, but further conversations will be taken forward, and - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
101 speeches (23,781 words)
Tuesday 1st July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) The Renters’ Rights Bill rightly cracks down on rogue landlords, improves standards in the PRS and seeks - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) That is why we do not want to exempt from the benefits of the Renters’ Rights Bill students who want - Link to Speech
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) It would fundamentally go against one of the core principles of the Renters’ Rights Bill—to improve security - Link to Speech
4: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) It is therefore crucial that we consider the effects of the Renters’ Rights Bill on these agricultural - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
67 speeches (19,733 words)
Tuesday 1st July 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (XB - Life peer) —[Official Report, Commons, Renters’ Rights Bill Committee, 22/10/24; col. 9.] - Link to Speech
2: None affordability review—are not mere embellishments; they are essential to ensuring that the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech
3: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) The report observed that rent increases are“stressful for families to manage, and … the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech

Driven Grouse Shooting
53 speeches (17,158 words)
Monday 30th June 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Mentions:
1: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) contribution to maintaining them.We also spent a good deal of time in our consideration of the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
2 speeches (55 words)
Wednesday 25th June 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business of the House
165 speeches (14,538 words)
Thursday 19th June 2025 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) In the Renters’ Rights Bill we are strengthening rights to ensure that HMOs are held to account by communities - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
81 speeches (24,010 words)
Tuesday 17th June 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for Education
Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) I have tabled some amendments to the Renters’ Rights Bill that are around that. - Link to Speech

Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
292 speeches (46,522 words)
Report stage
Friday 13th June 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: None The Renters’ Rights Bill contains 191 pages; this Bill consists of just 43. - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
162 speeches (10,155 words)
Monday 9th June 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) I welcome the enhanced protections for tenants in the Renters’ Rights Bill, but data from The Londoner - Link to Speech

Business of the House
121 speeches (11,868 words)
Thursday 5th June 2025 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) That is why we have the Renters’ Rights Bill coming through to strengthen the powers of local authorities - Link to Speech
2: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) We are strengthening that in the Renters’ Rights Bill, which is reaching its closing stages in the House - Link to Speech
3: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) Friend that our Renters’ Rights Bill, which has nearly reached its concluding stages in the House of - Link to Speech

Disadvantaged Communities
94 speeches (13,295 words)
Wednesday 4th June 2025 - Westminster Hall
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Calvin Bailey (Lab - Leyton and Wanstead) I welcome the Government’s commitment to raising standards through the Renters’ Rights Bill and the decent - Link to Speech

Business of the House
105 speeches (10,067 words)
Thursday 22nd May 2025 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) At the same time, we are progressing the Renters’ Rights Bill, which will give local authorities more - Link to Speech

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill
85 speeches (27,296 words)
Tuesday 20th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department for International Development
Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) I recall a similar purpose amendment being moved at the beginning of the Renters’ Rights Bill by my noble - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
40 speeches (9,463 words)
Thursday 15th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) House will indulge me for a few brief moments as we start our final day in Committee on the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) The Renters’ Rights Bill includes the power to require landlords to provide a written statement of terms - Link to Speech
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) spent on other public services.These amendments seek to bring most of the measures in the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech

World Asthma Day
19 speeches (9,624 words)
Thursday 15th May 2025 - Westminster Hall
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Jessica Toale (Lab - Bournemouth West) the Government’s ambition to create a smoke-free generation; and key legislation such as the Renters Rights’ Bill - Link to Speech
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) She also referred to the Tobacco and Vapes Bill and the Renters’ Rights Bill, which are relevant to issues - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
81 speeches (24,689 words)
Wednesday 14th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) help us get to this amendment.Local enforcement will be vital to making the intention of the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
73 speeches (20,078 words)
Wednesday 14th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville (LD - Life peer) The Renters’ Rights Bill presents a vital opportunity to address this, and we should grasp it.Most significantly - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Whitaker (Lab - Life peer) However, I suggest that the key aspect which the Renters’ Rights Bill deals with is not essentially the - Link to Speech
3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) The amendments ask us to think carefully about the scope and reach of the Renters’ Rights Bill. - Link to Speech
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) enjoy the same level of tenure security as those in the private rented sector.However, the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech

Local Housing Need Assessment Reform
42 speeches (14,104 words)
Tuesday 13th May 2025 - Westminster Hall
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Martin Wrigley (LD - Newton Abbot) We also welcome the measures in the Renters’ Rights Bill to ban no-fault evictions and create a national - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
124 speeches (33,119 words)
Monday 12th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Under the Renters’ Rights Bill, landlords will continue to be able to offer tenants who cannot provide - Link to Speech
2: Lord Roborough (Con - Excepted Hereditary) rural accommodation tends to be unaffordably high for those working in agriculture.In the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech
3: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) —[Official Report, Commons, Renters' Rights Bill Committee, 5/11/24; col. 238.]and that his Government - Link to Speech
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, the central aim of the Renters’ Rights Bill is to give tenants more security in their homes - Link to Speech
5: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) The Renters’ Rights Bill presents an important opportunity to take a first step towards creating a proper - Link to Speech

Cold and Damp Homes
33 speeches (9,688 words)
Thursday 8th May 2025 - Westminster Hall
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds Central and Headingley) welcome the Government’s plans to extend Awaab’s law to the private rented sector through the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech
2: Florence Eshalomi (LAB - Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) It is critical that the Renters’ Rights Bill is successful not only in addressing the misbalance between - Link to Speech
3: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) The Renters’ Rights Bill provides for the extension of the decent homes standard to temporary accommodation - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
96 speeches (25,702 words)
Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Renters’ Rights Bill
25 speeches (5,698 words)
Tuesday 6th May 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Prime Minister
3 speeches (380 words)
Thursday 1st May 2025 - Written Corrections
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab - Clapham and Brixton Hill) The steps taken in the Renters’ Rights Bill to cap rents at the market rate are positive, but as it is - Link to Speech
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Our Renters’ Rights Bill improves the system for 11 million private renters, blocking demands for multiple - Link to Speech
3: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Our Renters’ Rights Bill improves the system for 11 million private renters, blocking demands for multiple - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
115 speeches (9,547 words)
Wednesday 30th April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Cabinet Office
Mentions:
1: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Lab - Clapham and Brixton Hill) The steps taken in the Renters’ Rights Bill to cap rents at the market rate are positive, but as it is - Link to Speech
2: Keir Starmer (Lab - Holborn and St Pancras) Our Renters’ Rights Bill improves the system for 11 million private renters, blocking demands for multiple - Link to Speech

Planning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)
118 speeches (18,736 words)
Committee stage: 4th Sitting
Tuesday 29th April 2025 - Public Bill Committees
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
Mentions:
1: David Simmonds (Con - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner) A general point arises here, which we also debated on the Renters’ Rights Bill Committee. - Link to Speech

Community Health: Manchester Rusholme
7 speeches (3,337 words)
Monday 28th April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Afzal Khan (Lab - Manchester Rusholme) Government’s efforts to deliver on our promise to transform the rented sector through the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
139 speeches (42,609 words)
Monday 28th April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) They represent a balanced approach that aligns the ambition of the Renters’ Rights Bill with the practical - Link to Speech
2: Lord Northbrook (Con - Excepted Hereditary) —[Official Report, Commons, Renters’ Rights Bill Committee, 22/10/24; col. 9.]Government data shows that - Link to Speech
3: None How these arrangements interact with the Renters’ Rights Bill will depend on the nature of the commercial - Link to Speech
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) The Renters’ Rights Bill will deliver our manifesto commitment to empower private rented sector tenants - Link to Speech
5: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) —[Official Report, Commons, Renters’ Rights Bill Committee, 29/10/24; cols. 145-46.] - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
92 speeches (20,159 words)
Thursday 24th April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) are many such tenancies already in place that will not and could not have anticipated this Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech
2: Lord Carrington (XB - Excepted Hereditary) In its current form, the Renters’ Rights Bill does not address the fact that a property may be occupied - Link to Speech

Business of the House
162 speeches (14,785 words)
Thursday 24th April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) The Renters’ Rights Bill, which is now in the House of Lords, will take some action on regulating HMOs - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
29 speeches (8,249 words)
Thursday 24th April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: None The Renters’ Rights Bill stands in stark contrast. - Link to Speech
2: Lord Empey (UUP - Life peer) Minister has asserted, as Ministers are required to do, that, in her view,“the provisions of the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech

Tobacco and Vapes Bill
117 speeches (48,245 words)
2nd reading
Wednesday 23rd April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Department of Health and Social Care
Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) week, both of which originated with the last Conservative Government—the other one being the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
19 speeches (3,916 words)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) However, the amendment as drafted would not work; the Renters’ Rights Bill will move tenants to a simpler - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
89 speeches (30,723 words)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) I am delighted to be opening the first day of Committee on the Renters’ Rights Bill and declare my interest - Link to Speech
2: None report also recognised there are no major signs of a mass exodus of landlords, nor that the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) These amendments all seek to introduce fixed terms into the Renters’ Rights Bill. - Link to Speech
4: Lord Jamieson (Con - Life peer) If the Bill is to be a true Renters’ Rights Bill, it must include the right to choose through mutual - Link to Speech

Local Authorities: Temporary Accommodation Costs
21 speeches (1,567 words)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Lords Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) temporary accommodation costs, such as Section 21 evictions, which we are addressing through the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Through the Renters’ Rights Bill, the Government will introduce powers to apply the decent homes standard - Link to Speech
3: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) That is what the Renters’ Rights Bill will do. - Link to Speech

Arrangement of Business
2 speeches (46 words)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025 - Grand Committee

Mentions:
1: Viscount Stansgate (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) However, when I last looked at the Chamber, it was happily busy with the Renters’ Rights Bill, so we - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
173 speeches (10,598 words)
Tuesday 8th April 2025 - Commons Chamber
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Jayne Kirkham (LAB - Truro and Falmouth) The Renters’ Rights Bill will help with those evictions when people are flipping their houses. - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
154 speeches (10,801 words)
Monday 7th April 2025 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mentions:
1: Uma Kumaran (Lab - Stratford and Bow) In the meeting, they discussed how to stop the Renters’ Rights Bill, in their words, “dead in its tracks - Link to Speech
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) The majority of social housing tenants already have security of tenure, and our Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech
3: Rushanara Ali (Lab - Bethnal Green and Stepney) Our Renters’ Rights Bill will abolish section 21 no-fault evictions. - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from Cymorth Cymru to the Chair dated 20 June 2025 relating to housing and homelessness in Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: Renters’ Rights Bill While the Renters Rights’ Bill predominantly affects England, we are supportive

Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from Crisis to the Chair dated June 2025 relating to housing and homelessness in Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: Renters Rights Bill Crisis has warmly welcomed the UK Government’s Renters Rights’ Bill which will provide

Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from Shelter to the Chair dated 20 May 2025 relating to housing and homelessness in Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: Renters’ Rights Bill Shelter Cymru would like to congratulate the UK Government on prioritising such

Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Written Evidence - National Residential Landlords Association
LHAB0001 - Local Housing Allowance and other benefit-related matters in the housing sector

Work and Pensions Committee

Found: I wanted to follow up on my evidence to outline in further detail the major challenges the Renters’ Rights Bill

Tuesday 1st July 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-07-01 10:00:00+01:00

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Found: Do you think the Renters’ Rights Bill has gone far enough?

Monday 30th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and Dame Sarah Healey DCB CVO

Public Accounts Committee

Found: Sarah Healey: The Renters’ Rights Bill is also one where we have been observing the impact of similar

Wednesday 18th June 2025
Oral Evidence - Child Poverty Action Group, Generation Rent, Independent Age, Shelter, National Residential Landlords Association, National Housing Federation, and Councillor Adam Hug

Work and Pensions Committee

Found: Q4 John Milne: The Renters’ Rights Bill will come into force later this year.

Monday 16th June 2025
Special Report - 4th Special Report - England’s Homeless Children: The Crisis in Temporary Accommodation: Government Response

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Found: The Renters’ Rights Bill is also progressing at pace and will abolish Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions

Thursday 12th June 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Committee to the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Lords Minister for Housing and Local Government relating to the Renters' Rights Bill, Clause 8 dated 12 June 2025

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Lords Minister for Housing and Local Government relating to the Renters' Rights Bill

Wednesday 21st May 2025
Oral Evidence - Legal commentator, and The Times

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: Just in relation to the Renters’ Rights Bill, the digital side of access to justice is through the court

Wednesday 14th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Legal Aid Practitioners Group, Law Centres Network, and Citizens Advice Bureau

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: Just in relation to the Renters’ Rights Bill, the digital side of access to justice is through the court

Wednesday 14th May 2025
Oral Evidence - Legal Aid Practitioners Group, Law Centres Network, and Citizens Advice Bureau

Rule of Law - Constitution Committee

Found: Just in relation to the Renters’ Rights Bill, the digital side of access to justice is through the court

Tuesday 13th May 2025
Written Evidence - University of Bristol
NTP0008 - New Towns: Practical Delivery

New Towns: Practical Delivery - Built Environment Committee

Found: https://doi.org/10.37829/HF-2024-RC01  Shelter (2025) The Renters’ Rights Bill.

Tuesday 13th May 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to Bevan Foundation dated 13 May 2025 relating to housing and homelessness

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: thoughts on these points, as well as on recent legislative proposals in this area, including the Renters Rights Bill

Tuesday 13th May 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to Cymorth Cymru dated 13 May 2025 relating to housing and homelessness

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: thoughts on these points, as well as on recent legislative proposals in this area, including the Renters Rights Bill

Tuesday 13th May 2025
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Chair to Shelter Cymru dated 13 May 2025 relating to housing and homelessness

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: thoughts on these points, as well as on recent legislative proposals in this area, including the Renters Rights Bill

Thursday 8th May 2025
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy to the Chair dated 8 April 2025 concerning the Government's response to the Committee's inquiry on Rough Sleeping

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Found: broader cost of living crisis, including ending Section 21 evictions through the passage of the Renters’ Rights Bill

Tuesday 29th April 2025
Correspondence - Letter dated 11 April 2025 from the National Residential Landlords Association to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding Court Reform and the Renters' Rights Bill.

Justice and Home Affairs Committee

Found: Association to the Chair, Justice and Home Affairs Committee regarding Court Reform and the Renters' Rights Bill

Tuesday 29th April 2025
Oral Evidence - Deighton Pierce Glynn, British Red Cross, Refugee Council, Mayor Paul Dennett, Natasha Beresford, Frances McMeeking, and Councillor Peter Mason

Asylum accommodation - Home Affairs Committee

Found: We have the Renters’ Rights Bill going through Parliament at the moment.

Tuesday 29th April 2025
Oral Evidence - 2025-04-29 14:30:00+01:00

Asylum accommodation - Home Affairs Committee

Found: We have the Renters’ Rights Bill going through Parliament at the moment.

Tuesday 8th April 2025
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, and Ministry of Justice

Work of the County Court - Justice Committee

Found: That is important because the Government have their Renters’ Rights Bill coming through Parliament.

Tuesday 8th April 2025
Oral Evidence - Ministry of Justice, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HM Courts and Tribunals Service, and Ministry of Justice

Work of the County Court - Justice Committee

Found: That is important because the Government have their Renters’ Rights Bill coming through Parliament.

Tuesday 8th April 2025
Oral Evidence - National Union of Students, University College Union (UCU), and British Universities' International Liaison Association

Education Committee

Found: We have done a lot of work on the Renters’ Rights Bill.

Tuesday 8th April 2025
Oral Evidence - Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA), The Russell Group, and MillionPlus, The Association for Modern Universities

Education Committee

Found: We have done a lot of work on the Renters’ Rights Bill.

Tuesday 8th April 2025
Oral Evidence - UK Research and Innovation, Post-18 Education and Funding Review, and Universities UK

Education Committee

Found: We have done a lot of work on the Renters’ Rights Bill.



Written Answers
Social Security Benefits: Tenants
Asked by: Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot)
Wednesday 2nd July 2025

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she plans to take steps to ensure support for low-income tenants provides value for money.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

DWP works with Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) to improve housing quality for benefit claimants and value for money for taxpayers.

The Renters' Rights Bill, currently before Parliament, includes measures to strengthen landlord accountability. These include a requirement for all landlords to sign up to the new Private Rented Sector Database; a new independent Landlord Ombudsman which will provide binding resolutions for tenant complaints; the extension of the Decent Homes Standard to the PRS; and Awaab’s law, requiring swift action where damp and mould has been reported.

In addition, DWP is currently testing how sharing UC data can support local authorities with the Rent Repayment Order (RRO) process, aiming to change landlord behaviours and achieve better quality homes where housing support has been in payment.

Housing Benefit and Universal Credit: Landlords
Asked by: Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot)
Monday 30th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what accountability mechanisms exist for private landlords who receive public funds through (a) Housing Benefit and (b) Universal Credit.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Local authorities have a wide range of enforcement tools to take action against private landlords who fail to comply with regulations, including those who receive public funds through Housing Benefit and Universal Credit. They can, for example, issue improvement notices and civil penalties, prosecute landlords, and apply to have landlords banned from letting properties for serious offences.

The Renters' Rights Bill, currently before Parliament, includes a range of measures designed to strengthen landlord accountability. These include a requirement for all landlords to sign up to the new Private Rented Sector Database; a new independent Landlord Ombudsman which will provide binding resolutions for tenant complaints; the extension of the Decent Homes Standard to the private rented sector; and the application of Awaab’s law to the private rented sector.

The Bill also strengthens rent repayment orders, including doubling the maximum amount that a landlord can be ordered to pay from 12 to 24 months’ rent. Where a landlord commits certain offences and rent has been paid through Housing Benefit or Universal Credit, local authorities can claim back rent through a rent repayment order.

Multiple Occupation: Planning Permission
Asked by: Oliver Dowden (Conservative - Hertsmere)
Monday 30th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution from the Leader of the House in response to a question from the Rt hon. Member for Hertsmere on 5 June 2025, Official Report, col 462, how the Renters' Rights Bill will increase the power of local authorities to limit houses in multiple occupancy.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) can play an important part in the housing market, providing relatively low-cost accommodation for rent.

Local planning authorities already have powers to limit the proliferation of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) through ‘Article 4’ directions.

In addition to the manatory licensing of large HMOs, local areas can also choose to require smaller HMOs to be licenced to ensure such properties are safe and well managed, and that the character of local communities are protected.

Local authorities have robust powers to ensure landlords of HMOs comply with all relevant regulations. This includes powers to issue civil penalties, prosecute landlords and obtain banning orders.

No recent assessments of the potential impacts of increases in demand for HMOs, or of the potential impacts of such increases on specific local communities, have been made.

The Renters’ Rights Bill introduces reforms to improve the regulation of private rented sector properties, including HMOs, and drive-up standards within the sector. This includes a Decent Homes Standard and new enforcement powers for local authorities.

My Department will continue to engage with local authorities on a range of local issues, including matters relating to HMOs and we will keep the regulation of HMOs under review.

Multiple Occupation: Hertsmere
Asked by: Oliver Dowden (Conservative - Hertsmere)
Monday 30th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions her Department has had with Hertsmere Borough Council on houses in multiple occupation.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) can play an important part in the housing market, providing relatively low-cost accommodation for rent.

Local planning authorities already have powers to limit the proliferation of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) through ‘Article 4’ directions.

In addition to the manatory licensing of large HMOs, local areas can also choose to require smaller HMOs to be licenced to ensure such properties are safe and well managed, and that the character of local communities are protected.

Local authorities have robust powers to ensure landlords of HMOs comply with all relevant regulations. This includes powers to issue civil penalties, prosecute landlords and obtain banning orders.

No recent assessments of the potential impacts of increases in demand for HMOs, or of the potential impacts of such increases on specific local communities, have been made.

The Renters’ Rights Bill introduces reforms to improve the regulation of private rented sector properties, including HMOs, and drive-up standards within the sector. This includes a Decent Homes Standard and new enforcement powers for local authorities.

My Department will continue to engage with local authorities on a range of local issues, including matters relating to HMOs and we will keep the regulation of HMOs under review.

Multiple Occupation
Asked by: Oliver Dowden (Conservative - Hertsmere)
Monday 30th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Houses in Multiple Occupation on local communities.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) can play an important part in the housing market, providing relatively low-cost accommodation for rent.

Local planning authorities already have powers to limit the proliferation of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) through ‘Article 4’ directions.

In addition to the manatory licensing of large HMOs, local areas can also choose to require smaller HMOs to be licenced to ensure such properties are safe and well managed, and that the character of local communities are protected.

Local authorities have robust powers to ensure landlords of HMOs comply with all relevant regulations. This includes powers to issue civil penalties, prosecute landlords and obtain banning orders.

No recent assessments of the potential impacts of increases in demand for HMOs, or of the potential impacts of such increases on specific local communities, have been made.

The Renters’ Rights Bill introduces reforms to improve the regulation of private rented sector properties, including HMOs, and drive-up standards within the sector. This includes a Decent Homes Standard and new enforcement powers for local authorities.

My Department will continue to engage with local authorities on a range of local issues, including matters relating to HMOs and we will keep the regulation of HMOs under review.

Multiple Occupation
Asked by: Oliver Dowden (Conservative - Hertsmere)
Monday 30th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in demand for houses in multiple occupation accommodation on (a) England and (b) Hertsmere.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) can play an important part in the housing market, providing relatively low-cost accommodation for rent.

Local planning authorities already have powers to limit the proliferation of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) through ‘Article 4’ directions.

In addition to the manatory licensing of large HMOs, local areas can also choose to require smaller HMOs to be licenced to ensure such properties are safe and well managed, and that the character of local communities are protected.

Local authorities have robust powers to ensure landlords of HMOs comply with all relevant regulations. This includes powers to issue civil penalties, prosecute landlords and obtain banning orders.

No recent assessments of the potential impacts of increases in demand for HMOs, or of the potential impacts of such increases on specific local communities, have been made.

The Renters’ Rights Bill introduces reforms to improve the regulation of private rented sector properties, including HMOs, and drive-up standards within the sector. This includes a Decent Homes Standard and new enforcement powers for local authorities.

My Department will continue to engage with local authorities on a range of local issues, including matters relating to HMOs and we will keep the regulation of HMOs under review.

Private Rented Housing: Evictions
Asked by: Neil Duncan-Jordan (Labour - Poole)
Tuesday 24th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of private landlords that have issued Section 21 notices to their tenants since 5 July 2024.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

My Department does not hold data on Section 21 evictions issued by landlords.

However, the English Private Landlord Survey 2024 indicated that Section 21 notices are the most common way landlords evict tenants, and we know that chronic insecurity in the private rented sector has real-life consequences for individuals and families.

The Renters’ Rights Bill will deliver our manifesto commitment to transform the experience of private renting, including the long-delayed abolition of Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions.

The Bill will give renters much greater security and stability so they can stay in their homes for longer, build lives in their communities, and avoid the risk of homelessness.

Agriculture: Planning Permission
Asked by: Lord Roborough (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Tuesday 24th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what ability landlords will have to comply with tied agricultural dwelling planning conditions when an agricultural employee leaves the industry but chooses to remain in their tied agricultural occupancy property under the provisions of the Renters' Rights Bill.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Renters’ Rights Bill will transform how tenancies work ending the threat of arbitrary section 21 evictions. The new tenancy system will provide tenants with greater security and stability.

We value the contribution made by responsible landlords and believe they must enjoy robust grounds for possession where there is good reason to take their property back. The Bill clarifies and expands grounds for possession, allowing landlords to regain possession when necessary.

A landlord will be able to seek possession of an agricultural dwelling using ground 5A when the duties of the agricultural employee end. This will enable the landlord to re-let the property to a new tenant in compliance with the planning conditions associated with the property.

Social Security Benefits: Private Rented Housing
Asked by: Martin Wrigley (Liberal Democrat - Newton Abbot)
Tuesday 24th June 2025

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to help incentivise private landlords to rent to benefit recipients.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Rental discrimination against people who receive benefits has no place in a fair and modern housing market.

The Renters’ Rights Bill takes direct action to stop discriminatory practices against households receiving benefits in the private rented sector. It will address overt discriminatory practices, such as ‘no DSS’ adverts, and any indirect practices designed to intentionally prevent someone entering into a tenancy.

DWP does not incentivise private landlords to rent their properties to benefit recipients.

We do provide housing support towards rental costs for private renters in receipt of either Housing Benefit or Universal Credit via the Local Housing Allowance.

Discretionary Housing Payments are also available from local authorities to those who face a shortfall in meeting their housing costs.

Students: Leeds North West
Asked by: Katie White (Labour - Leeds North West)
Thursday 19th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Renters' Rights Bill on student housing (a) supply and (b) affordability in Leeds North West.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government recognises the high rental costs experienced by many students living in the private rented sector in Leeds North West and across the country.

The Renters’ Rights Bill will take practical steps to empower tenants to challenge unreasonable rent increases, with all rent increases taking place via an existing statutory process. Tenants who receive a rent increase that they feel is not representative of the market value will be able to challenge the increase at the First-tier Tribunal. This will prevent unscrupulous landlords using rent increases as a backdoor means of eviction, while ensuring rents can be increased to reflect market rates.

The Bill will prohibit a landlord or letting agents from inviting, encouraging or any payment of rent before a tenancy has been entered into. In addition, a landlord will only be able to require up to one month's rent in the window between a tenancy agreement being signed and that tenancy beginning. Once the tenancy starts, landlords will be unable to enforce any terms in a tenancy agreement that require rent to be paid in advance of agreed due dates.

The Bill will also prohibit rental bidding practices.

The proposed new ground for possession (Ground 4A) in the Bill is intended to facilitate the maintenance of the annual cycle of student letting for most typical students, namely groups of full-time students living together in Houses in Multiple Occupancy.

Less typical students who may require greater security of tenure, for example postgraduate couples who have put down roots in their area, will be able to enjoy the benefits of the new tenancy system the Bill introduces.

The Renters’ Rights Bill Impact Assessment looked across the package of reforms and received a ‘green’ rating from the Regulatory Policy Committee, meaning it is ‘fit for purpose’.

The government does not expect the Bill to have a destabilising effect on the robust student rental market. We will continue to work with good landlords and their representative associations throughout implementation.

Private Rented Housing
Asked by: Charlie Dewhirst (Conservative - Bridlington and The Wolds)
Thursday 19th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate she has made of the number of small-scale landlords exiting the private rented sector due to incoming regulation and tax changes; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact on (a) housing availability and (b) rent prices.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

In the most recent release of the English Private Landlord Survey in 2024, 45% of landlords had only one property. This is similar to findings in 2021 (43%) and 2018 (45%).

Whilst landlords have been aware of successive governments’ plans to reform the private rented sector since 2019, the size of the sector as a whole has remained broadly stable since 2013-14.

The government is clear that it values the contribution of professional landlords who understand their responsibilities and comply with regulation, regardless of the size of their portfolios. The Renters’ Rights Bill will make sure good landlords have the confidence and support they need to continue to invest and operate in the sector.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Verian
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Tuesday 17th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the document entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, if she will publish the full specification of the research commissioned from Verian Group UK Limited on (a) Private Rented Sector - Research work and (b) Leasehold Programme Evaluation Scoping.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Private Rented Sector research carried out by Verian forms part of the Department’s wider monitoring and evaluation work in relation to the Renters’ Rights Bill (further details can be found in its Impact Assessment here). Specifically, my Department commissioned Verian to carry out a longitudinal survey of private renters, to help inform, baseline, and monitor the private rented sector reforms. The findings, which will set out the requirement for the work commissioned, will be published in due course, in line with the our research and analysis evaluation strategy which can be found on gov.uk here.

My Department has also commissioned Verian to conduct an evaluation scoping project to ensure effective monitoring and evaluation of the government’s leasehold and commonhold reforms. Again, we will publish the evaluation findings, which will set out the requirements of the work commissioned for the scoping study, in due course, in line with the above evaluation strategy.

Repossession Orders: Private Rented Housing
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Monday 16th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 52265 on Repossession Orders: Private Rented Housing, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Renters’ Rights Bill on court waiting times for private rented sector repossession claims.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

As with any piece of legislation, the Government works across Departments to assess the impact. We continue to work closely with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to assess and agree the impact of the Renters’ Rights Bill on the justice system. We regularly publish statistics on Court and tribunal waiting times and this will continue as this Bill is implemented.

Rents
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Tuesday 10th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing rent controls; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of doing so on Local Housing Allowance expenditure on private rent.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government has been clear it does not support rent controls and has not discussed their introduction at a local authority level.

We believe that rent controls could make life more difficult for private renters, both in terms of incentivising landlords to increase rents routinely up to a cap where they might otherwise not have done, and in pushing many landlords out of the market, thereby making it even harder for renters to find a home they can afford.

The Renters’ Rights Bill will empower private rented sector tenants to challenge unreasonable within-tenancy rent increases.

Rents
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Tuesday 10th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on introducing rent controls at a local authority level.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government has been clear it does not support rent controls and has not discussed their introduction at a local authority level.

We believe that rent controls could make life more difficult for private renters, both in terms of incentivising landlords to increase rents routinely up to a cap where they might otherwise not have done, and in pushing many landlords out of the market, thereby making it even harder for renters to find a home they can afford.

The Renters’ Rights Bill will empower private rented sector tenants to challenge unreasonable within-tenancy rent increases.

Private Rented Housing: Energy
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Monday 9th June 2025

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 50161 on Private rented housing: tribunals, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for private rented accommodation on private rented sector rents.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

Private rented sector minimum energy efficiency standards are part of a wider package of strengthening tenants’ rights. The Renters’ Rights Bill will introduce new protections for tenants to challenge unreasonable rent increases. Landlords will be able to increase rents to market rates once per year, with tenants able to challenge this at the Tribunal if it is unreasonable.

Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact Assessments
Asked by: David Simmonds (Conservative - Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner)
Friday 6th June 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21626 on Renters' Rights Bill, for what reason the Impact Assessment to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was not published in a timely manner.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Department aims to publish Impact Assessments in a timely manner, in line with the ‘Better Regulation Framework’ guidance, which states that an Impact Assessment ‘should be published alongside relevant legislation when it is laid before Parliament.’

In exceptional circumstances this may not be possible, for example, where the legislation is urgent, further work is needed following concerns expressed by the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) or where the assessment is with RPC for review. In those circumstances, the Department works with the RPC to ensure the Bill Impact Assessment and RPC opinion is published as soon as possible.

The Impact Assessment for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill was published 6 May 2025 ahead of the Bill’s Commons committee stage.

Private Rented Housing: Students
Asked by: Lizzi Collinge (Labour - Morecambe and Lunesdale)
Wednesday 28th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Ground 4A in the Renters’ Rights Bill on landlords who rent (a) one and (b) two-bedroom properties to students.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The proposed new ground for possession (Ground 4A) in the Renters’ Rights Bill is intended to facilitate the maintenance of the annual cycle of student letting for most typical students, namely groups of full-time students living together in Houses in Multiple Occupancy.

Less typical students who may require greater security of tenure, for example postgraduate couples who have put down roots in their area, will be able to enjoy the benefits of the new tenancy system the Bill introduces.

The Renters’ Rights Bill Impact Assessment looked across the package of reforms and received a ‘green’ rating from the Regulatory Policy Committee, meaning it is ‘fit for purpose’.

Asylum: Housing
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Wednesday 28th May 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) section 21 and (b) other provisions within the Renters' Rights Bill on fixed-term asylum accommodation procured by her Department.

Answered by Angela Eagle - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office keeps all aspects of the immigration system under regular review, in consultation with a wide range of experts and stakeholders.

Renters' Rights Bill
Asked by: Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench - Life peer)
Tuesday 27th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 28 April (HL Deb cols 1007–14), what steps they are taking to ensure that the courts are “ready” to implement the changes proposed in the Renters’ Rights Bill.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

We continue to work closely with the Ministry of Justice to agree how the Renter’s’ Rights Bill will be implemented so that the justice system has the resources needed to adjust to any changes in caseload.

Work is also progressing on updating Court and Tribunal rules and procedures in readiness for the implementation of the new legislation.

We are committed to digitising the court process to make it more efficient and easier to understand for landlords and tenants.

In the longer term we expect our reforms to reduce the volume of court possession claims, as only those cases where there is a clear, well-evidenced ground for possession will be able to proceed. This will help to offset any increased pressure on the courts resulting from our reforms.

Renters' Rights Bill: Administration of Justice
Asked by: Lord Carter of Haslemere (Crossbench - Life peer)
Tuesday 27th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Renters’ Rights Bill on the capacity, resourcing and caseload of the courts and tribunals system.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

We continue to work closely with the Ministry of Justice to agree how the Renter’s’ Rights Bill will be implemented so that the justice system has the resources needed to adjust to any changes in caseload.

Work is also progressing on updating Court and Tribunal rules and procedures in readiness for the implementation of the new legislation.

We are committed to digitising the court process to make it more efficient and easier to understand for landlords and tenants.

In the longer term we expect our reforms to reduce the volume of court possession claims, as only those cases where there is a clear, well-evidenced ground for possession will be able to proceed. This will help to offset any increased pressure on the courts resulting from our reforms.

Private Rented Housing
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Friday 23rd May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to protect private landlords from repeat non-paying tenants.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Renters’ Rights Bill will introduce new protections for tenants and landlords when rent is not paid. When tenants temporarily fall into rent arrears, we will support both parties by preventing tenancies which are otherwise viable from ending. We will increase the notice period for an arrears eviction to four weeks and increase the threshold for mandatory eviction to three months’ rent arrears.

Landlords will still have access to robust grounds for possession for rent arrears, including the mandatory ground for three months arrears, and discretionary grounds which could be used for cases involving repeat non or late payment of rent that does not meet the mandatory threshold.

Shared Ownership Schemes: Sub-letting
Asked by: Baroness Thornhill (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 21st May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that registered providers communicate any new guidance affecting shared owners subletting as a result of the building safety problems arising following the Grenfell Tower fire proactively and in a timely manner.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Government has considered the impact of the Renters’ Rights Bill on affected housing sectors. The Bill contains measures to ensure the shared ownership model can continue to function, by excluding it from the assured tenancy regime to prevent shared owners from losing possession for rent arrears.

Regarding subletting requests, the Government’s guidance is clear. For properties affected by building safety issues, requests from shared owners to sub-let, including up to a market rent, should always be accepted by registered providers of social housing in England. Where required, the shared owner may also need permission from the mortgage lender and/or the building’s freeholder.

We are discussing with stakeholders their concerns about situations where shared owners are unable to sell their property due to building safety issues and are subletting. We will ensure that the implications of the Renters’ Rights Bill for shared owners, who are subletting properties affected by building safety issues, are communicated clearly through guidance.

Shared Ownership Schemes: Sub-letting
Asked by: Baroness Thornhill (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Wednesday 21st May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the impact of the Renters’ Rights Bill on shared owners who have become landlords because they are unable to sell their share in their property and sublet at a loss.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Government has considered the impact of the Renters’ Rights Bill on affected housing sectors. The Bill contains measures to ensure the shared ownership model can continue to function, by excluding it from the assured tenancy regime to prevent shared owners from losing possession for rent arrears.

Regarding subletting requests, the Government’s guidance is clear. For properties affected by building safety issues, requests from shared owners to sub-let, including up to a market rent, should always be accepted by registered providers of social housing in England. Where required, the shared owner may also need permission from the mortgage lender and/or the building’s freeholder.

We are discussing with stakeholders their concerns about situations where shared owners are unable to sell their property due to building safety issues and are subletting. We will ensure that the implications of the Renters’ Rights Bill for shared owners, who are subletting properties affected by building safety issues, are communicated clearly through guidance.

Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Friday 16th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to conduct a post-implementation review of The Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government has considered the wider assured tenancy system in the process of preparing the Renters’ Rights Bill.

The Assured Shorthold Tenancy Notices and Prescribed Requirements (England) Regulations 2015 refer only to assured shorthold tenancies, which will cease to exist after the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Bill.

The regulations will therefore cease to have any effect after implementation of the Bill, so we intend to repeal them by regulation.

Estate Agents: Employment
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Friday 16th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment made of the potential impact of the Renters’ Rights Bills on employment levels in the estate agency sector.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

My Department published the Renters’ Rights Bill Impact Assessment (IA) on 22 November 2024. It received a ‘Green’ rating from the Regulatory Policy Committee, indicating that it is ‘fit for purpose’.

In the IA, the government estimates there are 22,900 letting agents in England in 2023 and 64% of landlords use their services (sources: ONS and English Private Landlord Survey).

The IA does not assess employment levels in the sector but does monetise the familiarisation costs of understanding and adjusting to new regulations for lettings agents. The IA also monetises the commensurate loss of income for lettings agents and other related business of reduced churn in the private rented sector as a result of more stable tenancies. Landlords will benefit from the equivalent saving in letting agent fees.

There are also benefits that the Department has not been able to monetise, for example letting agents are expected to benefit from the Private Rented Sector Database because they will be able to register on behalf of landlords – generating income from this new service.

Private Rented Housing
Asked by: Tom Hayes (Labour - Bournemouth East)
Tuesday 13th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Renters Rights Bill on landlords with fewer than five properties.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

83% of landlords own fewer than five properties, representing 51% of tenancies. It is essential that our Renters’ Rights Bill provides confidence for good landlords, whether they have small or larger portfolios.

The government values responsible landlords who provide quality homes to their tenants and believes they must enjoy robust grounds for possession where there is good reason to take their property back.

The Department published an Impact Assessment on 22 November 2024. It received a ‘Green’ rating from the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC), indicating that it is ‘fit for purpose’.

Tenants' Rights
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Tuesday 13th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 47931 on Tenants' Rights, what steps she plans to take to raise awareness among renters in rent-to-rent schemes of their new rights following passage of the Renters' Rights Bill.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government intends to provide tenants and landlords – including those operating within rent-to-rent arrangements – with a full suite of guidance to help them prepare for the commencement of the Renters’ Rights Bill.

We expect our guidance to be sufficiently comprehensive that all landlords affected by the reforms it contains will know what their responsibilities are, and tenants across the sector will feel empowered to hold landlords to account when things go wrong.

Renters' Rights Bill
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Monday 12th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce a transition period for the introduction of the provisions of the Renters’ Rights Bill.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Renters' Rights Bill delivers the government's manifesto commitment to overhaul the regulation of the private rented sector, including by abolishing Section 21 'no fault' evictions.

We want to see tenants benefit from these reforms as quickly as possible. We have therefore decided to introduce the new tenancy system for the private rented sector in one stage. Upon the commencement date, the new tenancy system will apply to all private tenancies - existing tenancies will become periodic, and any new tenancies will be governed by the new rules. We will provide sufficient notice and will work closely with tenants groups and the landlord and lettings sector ahead of implementation.

Private Rented Housing: Rents
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Monday 12th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of capping rent-in-advance at one month on prospective tenants.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Demands for extortionate rent in advance put financial strain on tenants and can exclude certain groups from renting all together.

The Renters’ Rights Bill will prohibit a landlord or letting agents from inviting, encouraging or any payment of rent before a tenancy has been entered into. In addition, a landlord will only be able to require up to one month's rent in the window between a tenancy agreement being signed and that tenancy beginning. Once the tenancy starts, landlords will be unable to enforce any terms in a tenancy agreement that require rent to be paid in advance of agreed due dates.

The effect of these measures will be that tenants can be certain that the financial outlay to secure a tenancy will not exceed the cost of a tenancy deposit and the first month’s rent, and that they will not be required to pay their rent earlier than agreed.

Private Rented Housing
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Monday 12th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the buy-to-let lending sector on implementing the Renters’ Rights Bill.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Department has engaged with a range of organisations, including those representing buy-to-let lenders, to understand their needs in the development of the Renters’ Rights Bill. We will continue to work with the sector to ensure a smooth transition to the new tenancy system.

Renters' Rights Bill: Travellers
Asked by: Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton)
Thursday 8th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Renters' Rights Bill on traveller pitches.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Renters' Rights Bill is focused on the assured tenancy regime.

Traveller pitches do not fall within the assured tenancy regime and an assessment is unlikely to provide significant new insights into the issues affecting those who occupy traveller pitches.

Assured Tenancies
Asked by: Lord Bailey of Paddington (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 8th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of abolishing assured fixed-term tenancies through the Renters’ Rights Bill; and whether they have (1) considered the possibility that the availability of long-term rental properties may decrease and (2) that tenants may decide under the new legislation, if enacted, to sign a tenancy agreement then immediately serve notice.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The Renters’ Rights Bill will remove fixed term assured tenancies, to strengthen tenants’ rights and provide them with more flexibility.

Good landlords have nothing to fear from the reforms. The sector has doubled in size since the early 2000s and there is no evidence of an exodus since reform has been proposed.

Tenants are unlikely to end tenancies unless they absolutely have to. Moving house is expensive and disruptive. Where tenants do end tenancies, they will be required to provide landlords with two months’ notice, to give time to find new tenants.

Social Rented Housing: Security of Tenure
Asked by: Lord Bailey of Paddington (Conservative - Life peer)
Wednesday 7th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of housing associations offering lifetime tenancies to social housing tenants on the housing market.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The majority of housing association tenants are lifetime tenants with assured tenancies, and therefore already enjoy a high security of tenure.

The Renters' Rights Bill will abolish fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies. This change will enhance the security and stability for the minority of tenants with private registered providers who currently lack assured (lifetime) tenancies. Landlords will also benefit from clear and expanded possession grounds to evict tenants in circumstances where that is justified and reasonable.

The government published its Impact Assessment for the Renters’ Rights Bill on 22 November 2024, following scrutiny from the Regulatory Policy Committee. The Impact Assessment received a ‘green’ rating, indicating it is ‘fit for purpose’.

The impact assessment can be found on gov.uk here.

Tenants' Rights
Asked by: Carla Denyer (Green Party - Bristol Central)
Tuesday 6th May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Renters' Rights Bill on renters in rent to rent schemes.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Tenants living under rent-to-rent arrangements should have legal protections and the same right to redress as other private renters.

Rent to rent arrangements can be abused to make it more difficult to identify landlords and hold them to account.

The Renters’ Rights Bill addresses this in several ways:

To improve enforcement against criminal rent to rent schemes, we are expanding rent repayment orders to cover superior landlords in rent-to-rent arrangements. This will mean all landlords involved can be held to account by tenants.

We are also extending liability for rent repayment orders to company directors. This will help to ensure that where the rent-to-rent company has committed an offence, the individuals behind it cannot escape liability.

Complex ownership arrangements for rent-to-rent agreements should not impede effective enforcement. We intend to pass secondary legislation which will require the details of others associated with the property, such as the owner or superior landlord, to be recorded on the Private Rented Sector Database.

Leasehold
Asked by: Jayne Kirkham (Labour (Co-op) - Truro and Falmouth)
Thursday 1st May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to prevent long leases from becoming assured shorthold tenancies.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Renters’ Rights Bill will abolish assured shorthold tenancies, so most private rented sector tenancies will be assured tenancies in future.

The Bill will also exclude leases over 21 years in length from the assured tenancy regime.

This will mean that long leases cannot be considered assured or assured shorthold tenancies once the Bill’s reforms have been brought into force.

This will close the ‘Tenancy Trap’, a problem for some leasehold-homeowners where their properties can be repossessed via the assured tenancy possession ground for rent arrears.

Tenants' Rights
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Thursday 1st May 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to expand tenants rights in relation to eviction notices.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Renters’ Rights Bill delivers our manifesto commitment to transform the experience of private renting, including by ending Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions.

The Bill will improve the current system for both the 11 million private renters and 2.3 million landlords in England.

It will give renters much greater security and stability so they can stay in their homes for longer, build lives in their communities, and avoid the risk of homelessness.

Social Rented Housing: Anti-social Behaviour
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Wednesday 30th April 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help support housing associations to seek possession of a property when there is substantial evidence of anti-social behaviour.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Social landlords already have a range of powers and enforcement tools to tackle anti-social behaviour including powers to evict perpetrators. We expect landlords to use those powers promptly and proportionately, putting the needs of victims at the heart of their response.

The government is strengthening these powers through the Renters’ Rights Bill for private registered providers.

Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission. We will crack down on those making neighbourhoods feel unsafe and unwelcoming by introducing the new Respect Order, which local authorities will be able to apply for and which will carry tough sanctions and penalties for persistent adult offenders. The police, local authorities and social landlords may already apply for a Civil Injunction under Section 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to prevent behaviour that is causing housing-related nuisance and annoyance.

Social Rented Housing: Anti-social Behaviour
Asked by: Gregory Stafford (Conservative - Farnham and Bordon)
Wednesday 30th April 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) local authorities and (b) social housing providers to tackle anti-social behaviour in residential premises.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Social landlords already have a range of powers and enforcement tools to tackle anti-social behaviour including powers to evict perpetrators. We expect landlords to use those powers promptly and proportionately, putting the needs of victims at the heart of their response.

The government is strengthening these powers through the Renters’ Rights Bill for private registered providers.

Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for this government, and a key part of our Safer Streets Mission. We will crack down on those making neighbourhoods feel unsafe and unwelcoming by introducing the new Respect Order, which local authorities will be able to apply for and which will carry tough sanctions and penalties for persistent adult offenders. The police, local authorities and social landlords may already apply for a Civil Injunction under Section 1 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 to prevent behaviour that is causing housing-related nuisance and annoyance.

Multiple Occupation: Licensing
Asked by: Sarah Olney (Liberal Democrat - Richmond Park)
Wednesday 30th April 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the licensing criteria for Houses in Multiple Occupation.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

It is important that private rented properties are safe, well-maintained, and properly managed. Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing schemes play a crucial role in achieving this.

The Renters’ Rights Bill introduces reforms to drive-up standards within the private rented sector properties, including HMOs. This includes a Decent Homes Standard and new enforcement powers for local authorities.

We will keep the regulation of HMOs under review.

Universal Credit
Asked by: Luke Myer (Labour - Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland)
Tuesday 29th April 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues on whether bereaved families are liable for (a) rent and (b) other costs following the death of a Universal Credit claimant during an assessment period.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The liability of bereaved families of someone who may have been in receipt of Universal Credit will depend on whether they have entered into any legal agreements as a part of their relative's tenancy.

If individuals are unclear on whether they, or another family member, is liable for outstanding debts, they may wish to seek independent advice from organisations such as Citizens Advice.

The Renters’ Rights Bill will limit the liability of a guarantor of a tenancy agreement for rent in the tragic circumstance where a tenant related to them has died.

Rented Housing: Home Insurance
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring home insurers to offer insurance to landlords offering tenancies to tenants on benefits.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Rental discrimination against people who receive benefits has no place in a fair and modern housing market.

As part of the rental discrimination measures in the Renters’ Rights Bill, any clauses within a new or renewed contract of insurance that would prohibit the letting of a property to a tenant in receipt of benefits will be rendered of no effect.

Many insurers already offer services to landlords who rent to tenants receiving benefits and, following engagement with the sector, we are not expecting any destabilising effect on the market as a result of the provisions in the Renters’ Rights Bill.

Housing First: Greater Manchester
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester Rusholme)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the Housing First Unit established by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The government supports Mayor Burnham’s initiative to improve access to quality housing across Greater Manchester.

Nationally, we are increasing funding for homelessness to nearly £1 billion in 2025/26 and working to reduce homelessness by delivering 1.5 million new homes over the next Parliament and abolishing ‘no fault’ evictions through our Renters’ Rights Bill.

The government is committed to taking further action to raise quality standards in both rented sectors. Reforms are underway to drive up social housing standards, with stronger regulations to hold landlords accountable to regulatory standards. We will introduce Awaab’s Law to both rented sectors and bring forward consultation on the Decent Homes Standard that all social housing landlords must meet.

For more information on the steps we are taking to increasing the supply of social and affordable housing, I refer the hon. Member to my answer to Question UIN 41721 on 3 April 2025.

Temporary Accommodation: Standards
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' publication Concluding observations on the seventh periodic report of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, published on 12 March 2025, whether she will make it her policy to adopt the Committee's recommendations on guarantees for (a) safe and (b) adequate living conditions in temporary accommodation through a comprehensive regulatory framework.

Answered by Rushanara Ali - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Government notes the UN Committee's recommendations on ensuring safe and adequate living conditions in temporary accommodation.

Our Homelessness Code of Guidance provides a summary of the homelessness legislation duties, powers and obligations on local housing authorities, including the quality standards of temporary accommodation.

Legislation is clear that temporary accommodation must be suitable for the needs of the household and that suitability of accommodation should be kept under review. Households may ask for a review of their accommodation if they feel it is unsuitable.

Through the Renters’ Rights Bill, the government will consult on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors in due course. It is the government’s intention that the Decent Homes Standard should apply to as much of the temporary accommodation sector as possible.

Security of Tenure: Wales
Asked by: Steve Witherden (Labour - Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on the potential difference of security of tenure that will exist between England and Wales following the passage of the Renters Rights Bill.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Department has engaged with a wide range of stakeholders during the development of our reforms to the private rented sector, and we have sought to learn from the experience of the devolved nations.

However, housing within Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for the respective devolved government. Respect for devolution and collaboration with the devolved governments is central to this government’s approach to rebuilding the country.

Rented Housing: Tenants' Rights
Asked by: Victoria Collins (Liberal Democrat - Harpenden and Berkhamsted)
Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to improve the rights of residents in non-traditional housing against (a) eviction, (b) sudden contract cancellations and (c) large rent increases.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

All renters, regardless of tenure or agreement type, deserve to feel safe and secure in their homes.

Residents in non-traditional housing who fall outside the assured tenancy system are likely to possess a licence to occupy and thus are excluded from the scope of reforms in the Renters’ Rights Bill.

The government is satisfied that protection exists for residents with a licence to occupy the property through the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 and broader consumer protection legislation.

Rented Housing: Energy Performance Certificates
Asked by: Marsha De Cordova (Labour - Battersea)
Wednesday 9th April 2025

Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he makes of the effectiveness of safeguards to protect tenants from (a) rent increases and (b) evictions following upgrades to Energy Performance ratings by landlords.

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government launched a consultation on improving minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector on 7th February 2025.

The Government is committed to protecting and improving the rights of tenants. The Renters’ Rights Bill will put in place new regulations to protect tenants. This includes providing stronger protections to ensure that tenants are able to appeal excessive above-market rents, abolishing Section 21 ‘no fault evictions’, and moving to a simpler tenancy structure where all assured tenancies are periodic. These measures provide more security for tenants and enable them to challenge poor practice and unfair rent increases without fear of eviction.



Early Day Motions
Monday 9th June

Impact of upgrading the energy efficiency of private rented homes

11 signatures (Most recent: 3 Jul 2025)
Tabled by: Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour - Clapham and Brixton Hill)
That this House recognises that nearly four million private renters regularly struggle to pay their energy bills, with private renters more likely to experience fuel poverty than any other tenure type and poorly insulated homes costing tenants on average £570 per year, while energy use in UK homes causing an …


Petitions

Revoke The Selective Licensing of Houses (Additional Conditions) Order 2015

Petition Open - 826 Signatures

Sign this petition 30 Oct 2025
closes in 3 months, 3 weeks

We think the Selective Licensing of Houses (Additional Conditions) (England) Order 2015 should be revoked immediately by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and not implement new schemes or renew any schemes currently in effect.


Found: We think the Renters Rights Bill provides for a Private Rented Sector database obviating a need for such



Bill Documents
May. 22 2025
Written evidence submitted by Openreach (PIB145)
Planning and Infrastructure Bill 2024-26
Written evidence

Found: Through an amendment to the Renters’ Rights Bill in the House of Lords, Openreach sought to enable tenants

May. 08 2025
Written evidence submitted by Resolve ASB (CPB115)
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26
Written evidence

Found: in the criminal courts, exacerbated by the introduction of further legislation such as the Renters’ Rights Bill



APPG Publications

University APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: APPUG weekly update 26 - 30 May 2025.pdf

Found: whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Ground 4A in the Renters' Rights Bill

University APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: APPUG weekly update 22 - 25 April 2025 .pdf

Found: debates, answers, forthcoming business, etc. 2 Contents Parliamentary business 3 Renters’ Rights Bill

University APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: APPUG weekly update 14 - 17 April 2025 .pdf

Found: . 2 Contents Forthcoming business 3 Industrial Strategy – oral evidence session 3 Renters' Rights Bill

University APPG
Wednesday 11th June 2025


Document: APPUG weekly update 7 - 11 April 2025.pdf

Found: ...................................................................................... 16 Renters' Rights Bill



Department Publications - Consultations
Wednesday 2nd July 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Source Page: Consultation on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for social and privately rented homes
Document: (PDF)

Found: The Renters’ Rights Bill will enable tenants to challenge above market rent increases in the First-tier



Department Publications - Transparency
Thursday 26th June 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Source Page: MHCLG: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, January to March 2025
Document: View online (webpage)

Found: govuk-table__cell">Shelter

To discuss the Renters' Rights Bill

Wednesday 21st May 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Source Page: Levelling Up Missions annual report
Document: (PDF)

Found: higher Stamp Duty on additional dwellings from 3% to 5% to benefit first-time buyers • Renters' Rights Bill



Department Publications - News and Communications
Tuesday 20th May 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Source Page: Deputy Prime Minister speech to UKREiif - 20 May 2025
Document: Deputy Prime Minister speech to UKREiif - 20 May 2025 (webpage)

Found: Our landmark Renters’ Rights Bill was introduced within our first four months.



Non-Departmental Publications - Closed consultation
Jul. 02 2025
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Source Page: A Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector: consultation
Document: A Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector: consultation (webpage)
Closed consultation

Found: apply a Decent Homes Standard to privately rented homes have been taken forward through the Renters’ Rights Bill



Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency
Apr. 30 2025
Government Legal Department
Source Page: GLD Business Plan 2025–26
Document: (PDF)
Transparency

Found: abolishing section 21 no-fault evictions and reforming grounds for possession with the Renters’ Rights Bill



Deposited Papers
Monday 30th June 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Source Page: I. Consultation outcome. Awaab’s Law consultation: timescales for repairs in social housing. 29p. II. Government response to the call for evidence: Mandatory checks on electrical installations for leasehold properties within social housing blocks. 16p. III. Consultation outcome: Electrical safety in the social rented sector: proposals to extend regulations – government response. 29p. IV. Draft Statutory Instruments: a) The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) (Amendment) (Extension to the Social Rented Sector) Regulations 2025. 9p. b) The Hazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025. 17p.
Document: Government_response-social_housing_electrical_safety.docx (webpage)

Found: bring this policy in line with the increase to the maximum fine under the 2004 Act through the Renters’ Rights Bill




Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Committee Publications
Friday 30th May 2025
Report - Report by the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee outlining its work during the Parliamentary year from 13 May 2024 to 12 May 2025.
Annual Report of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 2024-25

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Found: Report (Session 6) 4Legislative Consent Memorandum Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) for the Renters’ Rights Bill

Tuesday 27th May 2025
Report - Annual Report 2024-25 for the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee.
Annual report of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 2024-25

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee

Found: A breakdown is provided below: LCMs • Renters Rights Bill • Product Regulation and Metrology Bill • Tobacco



Scottish Government Publications
Thursday 27th March 2025
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Source Page: Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) costs and correspondence: EIR release
Document: EIR 202500447631 - Information Released - Annex (PDF)

Found: Social housing • Affordable Homes Programme • Housing quality • Private rented sector and Renters’ Rights Bill



Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Intergovernmental activity update Q1 2025
Thursday 24th April 2025
This update gives an overview of intergovernmental activity of relevance to the Scottish Parliament between the Scottish Government and the UK Government, the Welsh Government, and the Northern Ireland Executive during quarter one (January to March) of 2025.
View source webpage

Found: Energy Bill (original and first supplementary memorandum) 6 February 2025 Consent granted Renters’ Rights Bill



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
Housing (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2
166 speeches (147,502 words)
Tuesday 27th May 2025 - Committee
Mentions:
1: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) from eviction in the same way as will shortly be provided to tenants in England under the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech
2: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) I have looked very carefully—again, only yesterday—at what is proposed in the UK Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech

Renters’ Rights Bill
2 speeches (805 words)
Wednesday 19th February 2025 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) item of business is consideration of motion S6M-16499, in the name of Paul McLennan, on the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech

Decision Time
23 speeches (21,465 words)
Wednesday 19th February 2025 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) The next question is, that motion S6M-16499, in the name of Paul McLennan, on the Renters’ Rights Bill - Link to Speech




Renters' Rights Bill 2024-26 mentioned in Welsh results


Welsh Committee Publications

PDF - Letter from the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 29 November 2024

Inquiry: Report on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill


Found: including provisions which currently appear within UK Government legislation, such as within the Renters’ Rights Bill


PDF - Letter to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery, 15 November 2024

Inquiry: Report on the Legislation (Procedure, Publication and Repeals) (Wales) Bill


Found: including provisions which currently appear within UK Government legislation, such as within the Renters’ Rights Bill


PDF - report

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: Welsh Government’s Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (Memorandum No. 2) on the Renters’ Rights Bill


PDF - Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: 1 SUPPLEMENTARY LEGISLATIVE CONSENT MEMORANDUM (MEMORANDUM NO 2) RENTERS’ RIGHTS BILL 1.


PDF - report

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: The Renters’ Rights Bill (“the Bill”) was introduced in the House of Commons on 11 September 2024.


PDF - 7 March 2025

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: to consider and report on the Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (No.2) on the Renters’ Rights Bill


PDF - responded

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters’ Rights Bill Welsh Government


PDF - agreed

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: Constitution Committee to consider and report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters’ Rights Bill


PDF - report

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: The Renters’ Rights Bill (“the Bill”) was introduced in the House of Commons on 11 September 2024.


PDF - 26 September 2024

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: 1 LEGISLATIVE CONSENT MEMORANDUM RENTERS’ RIGHTS BILL 1) This legislative consent memorandum


PDF - agreed

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: Constitution Committee to consider and report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters’ Rights Bill


PDF - 29 November 2024

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: Constitution Committee to consider and report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters’ Rights Bill


PDF - report

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: and Constitution Committee The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters’ Rights Bill


PDF - report

Inquiry: Private Rented Sector


Found: This is very similar to the proposal being brought forward by the UK Government in the Renters Rights Bill


PDF - report

Inquiry: Private Rented Sector


Found: We note that the UK Government’s Renters’ Rights Bill, introduced on 11 September 2024, proposes to


PDF - report

Inquiry: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memoranda on the Mental Health Bill


Found: and Constitution Committee, The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters’ Rights Bill


PDF - responded

Inquiry: Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Renters’ Rights Bill


Found: The Welsh Government’s Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum on the Renters’ Rights Bill



Welsh Written Answers
WQ94580
Asked by: Carolyn Thomas (Welsh Labour - North Wales)
Tuesday 22nd October 2024

Question

When will the provisions for keeping pets from the UK Government Renters' Rights Bill be implemented in Wales?

Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

The provisions relating to pets in the UK Government Renters’ Rights Bill will not apply to Wales.

Welsh Government will set out proposals relating to renting with pets in our White Paper on Adequate Housing, Fair Rents, and Affordability, which is due to be published in the next few days.

WQ94579
Asked by: Carolyn Thomas (Welsh Labour - North Wales)
Tuesday 22nd October 2024

Question

What provisions in relation to pets in the UK Government Renters' Rights Bill does the Cabinet Secretary intend to make applicable to Wales?

Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government

The provisions relating to pets in the UK Government Renters’ Rights Bill will not apply to Wales.

Welsh Government will set out proposals relating to renting with pets in our White Paper on Adequate Housing, Fair Rents, and Affordability, which is due to be published in the next few days.



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