Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, if officials from his Department will meet with (a) Cats Protection, (b) the Dogs Trust and (c) other animal welfare charities to discuss his Department’s proposed changes to the pet’s clauses within the Government’s model shorthold assured tenancy contract.

We will shortly publish a revised version of the national Model Tenancy Agreement, the Government’s recommended contract for assured shorthold tenancies in the private rented sector. This is intended to make it easier for tenants with pets to find private landlords who will accept them.

We have invited representatives of Dogs Trust and Cats Protection to meet with officials where we hope to collect views and solutions from various stakeholders in order to inform Government policy on pets in the private rented sector.