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Select Committee
Financial Ombudsman Service, and Financial Ombudsman Service

Oral Evidence Feb. 11 2025

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: Q110 Yuan Yang: In terms of the tactics for debt collectors and bailiffs, for example, do those kinds

Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
2nd reading - Wed 27 Mar 2024
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Truscott (Non-affiliated - Life peer) for service charge arrears of a few hundred pounds—these can be dealt with by the county court and bailiffs—forfeiture - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bshp - Bishops) John Lyon’s is not the kind of rogue landlord that leaseholders need protecting from.It is a widely accepted - Speech Link

Parliamentary Research
Renters (Reform) Bill 2023-24: Progress of the Bill - CBP-10004
Apr. 18 2024

Found: • give local authorities extra financial support to take enforcement action against rogue landlords

Bill Documents
18 Apr 2024 - Briefing papers
Research briefing on progress of the Bill
Renters (Reform) Bill 2022-23

Found: • give local authorities extra financial support to take enforcement action against rogue landlords

Select Committee
Fourth Special Report - Reforming the Private Rented Sector: Government's response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2022-23

Special Report Oct. 20 2023

Committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Found: Our reforms will support local authorities to crack down on the small minority of rogue landlords that

Westminster Hall
Private Rented Sector: Regulation - Wed 24 May 2023
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Caroline Lucas (GRN - Brighton, Pavilion) very welcome, if very late—when it comes to more enforcement powers for local authorities to target rogue - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) have been threatened with a no-fault eviction, and almost 17,000 households have been evicted by bailiffs - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

May. 17 2023

Source Page: Tenancy reform: Renters (Reform) Bill
Document: Tenancy reform: Renters (Reform) Bill (webpage)

Found: If the tenant does not leave, the landlord must go to court, which can instruct bailiffs to enforce eviction

Welsh Senedd Debate - Plenary
5. Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Prepayment meters and energy advice services - Wed 22 Mar 2023

Mentions:
1: Peredur Owen Griffiths (Plaid Cymru - None) Earlier this year, I met with the Enforcement Conduct Board, who provide independent oversight for bailiffs - Speech Link
2: Jenny Rathbone (Welsh Labour - None) Just as we need to regulate local authorities who use unregulated bailiffs to collect council tax debts - Speech Link

Bill Documents
3 Jul 2023 - Impact Assessments
Impact Assessment from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Renters (Reform) Bill 2022-23

Found: primary legislation is required to reform landlord possession grounds and bolster enforcement against rogue

Lords Chamber
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Committee stage - Mon 22 May 2023
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: None ruses to try to convince the council that they are sorting it out, so that the council will call off bailiffs - Speech Link
2: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) A lack of transparency can make it hard to identify rogue landlords, the owners of empty properties and - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (LAB - Life peer) announced measures to professionalise the estate agent market, driving up standards and bringing an end to rogue - Speech Link