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Commons Chamber
Autumn Statement Resolutions - Wed 22 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Drew Hendry (SNP - Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) I have had constituents of mine, who were listed as having cancer or indeed as being terminally ill, - Speech Link
2: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) the average rent for a two-bed is just shy of £2,000 a month, and there are 30% fewer private rented properties - Speech Link
3: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) Some properties have been subdivided there, and it is safe to say that that has not produced a great - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Pedicabs (London) Bill [HL]
2nd reading - Wed 22 Nov 2023
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of St Albans (Bshp - Bishops) I need to declare my interests because I want to refer to some of the Church Commissioners’ properties - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Renters (Reform) Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Tue 21 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) A longer period risks landlords not making their properties available for rent and reduces the supply - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) The cost of those renters not being able to find properties will be borne by local authorities. - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) Students typically move in and out of properties over the summer, in line with the academic year. - Speech Link
4: None out in Schedule 1 of this Act;(d) an assessment of the effectiveness of the grounds for possession listed - Speech Link
5: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) He referred to my comments about properties sitting empty before redevelopment. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Renters (Reform) Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 21 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) It is worth saying that over 95% of hearings are listed within four to eight weeks of receipt, and of - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) criteria by which the Government will determine when sufficient improvements have been made in each of the listed - Speech Link
3: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) Should there be an assumption that they should have selective licensing for all properties, rather than - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) They may have no need to sell; they might own eight properties and wish to sell one or two of them. - Speech Link
5: None As we have touched on this morning, we know that a substantial minority of private rented properties - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Renters (Reform) Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 16 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) Landlords make a hell of a lot of money on those properties, and I think it is reasonable that sometimes - Speech Link
2: Karen Buck (Lab - Westminster North) If a landlord wants more rent for a property than it is on the market for, they should have listed it - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) DASH and Unipol looked at about 2,000 properties that we had inspected; we assessed those inspections - Speech Link
4: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) Lots of rented property is owned by people who only have between one and four properties. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Renters (Reform) Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Thu 16 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) It suggested that 44% of rural landlords are planning to sell some of their properties over the next - Speech Link
2: None I am the chief executive of Grainger plc, the UK’s largest listed residential landlord. - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) The majority of Grainger’s properties are around 250 in a cluster. - Speech Link
4: Eddie Hughes (Con - Walsall North) Has this Bill affected the pipeline for properties that you will develop in future? - Speech Link
5: Helen Morgan (LD - North Shropshire) Some landlords are just individuals renting out properties on their own. - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Renters (Reform) Bill (Second sitting)
Committee stage: 2nd sitting - Tue 14 Nov 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lloyd Russell-Moyle (LAB - Brighton, Kemptown) The case has to be listed within eight weeks, and it is usually listed in six to eight weeks. - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) I have just listed several grounds for quite specific contexts, so I would be happy to give examples - Speech Link
3: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) It provides a lot of data on where rental properties are, and who their landlords are. - Speech Link
4: Karen Buck (Lab - Westminster North) That would provide a fairly common set of grounds for properties nationally. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Mon 13 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con - Life peer) Would it not be better to renovate existing properties in market towns and cities, in particular focusing - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (Bshp - Bishops) The scrapping of plans for landlords to upgrade their properties will mean that many continue to pay - Speech Link
3: Lord Grocott (Lab - Life peer) give the Government the chance to put these things right by asking them about a couple of the schemes listed - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Debate on the Address - Tue 07 Nov 2023
Cabinet Office

Mentions:
1: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) four in five—were leasehold properties, which means that leasehold reform is of particular interest - Speech Link
2: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) welcome the NHS workforce plan, because it is a good start, but it is only funding the training of people listed - Speech Link
3: Theresa Villiers (Con - Chipping Barnet) , and act responsibly.Sadly, a number of landlords are already leaving the sector and selling their properties - Speech Link
4: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) , it must be scrapped for all properties. - Speech Link
5: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) There are a number of properties in Torbay where people are looking to retire but still want to own their - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Tue 07 Nov 2023
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Basildon (Lab - Life peer) it was to mine, that his long tenure as director of the Scottish Conversative and Unionist Party is listed - Speech Link
2: Lord True (Con - Life peer) Bill to improve the law on rents, to give tenants more security and landlords more control over their properties - Speech Link