Rogue Bailiffs - All Types

Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Jul. 28 2023

Found: collection practices being used, with the use of intimidating language like “illegal”, “crime” , and “bailiffs

Select Committee

Report Feb. 09 2023

Inquiry: Reforming the Private Rented Sector
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee (Department: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Found: She secured a court order but the council had told the tenant to stay put until the bailiffs turned

Commons Chamber
Christmas Adjournment - Tue 20 Dec 2022
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) It is outrageous that rogue landlords are exploiting vulnerable people and forcing them into a position - Speech Link
2: Navendu Mishra (LAB - Stockport) parliamentary questions on the matter, including one asking“how many local authorities have stopped using bailiffs - Speech Link
3: Jessica Morden (LAB - Newport East) Friend the Member for Stockport, raised debt collection practices and the use of bailiffs in collecting - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Section 21 Evictions - Tue 25 Oct 2022
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Dan Carden (LAB - Liverpool, Walton) promising the abolition of no-fault evictions so that tenants were“protected from revenge evictions and rogue - Speech Link
2: Wera Hobhouse (LDEM - Bath) landlord about problems that the landlord should fix, including damp and mould, but in the case of rogue - Speech Link
3: Margaret Greenwood (LAB - Wirral West) things such as antisocial behaviour—Shelter has highlighted that there is a significant proportion of rogue - Speech Link
4: Andrew Stephenson (CON - Pendle) not right for tenants to live in fear that their lives may be uprooted at the whim of a minority of rogue - Speech Link

Public Bill Committees
Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill (Sixth sitting)
Committee stage: 6th sitting - Tue 01 Nov 2022
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Mentions:
1: Stephen Kinnock (LAB - Aberavon) names that are clearly deliberately misleading might have on legitimate businesses in cases where rogue - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) to her terraced house in Huddersfield received 7 kg of post, and all kinds of other threats from bailiffs - Speech Link
3: Kevin Hollinrake (CON - Thirsk and Malton) We know the distress and inconvenience that can cause to many constituents, including when bailiffs arrive - Speech Link
4: Seema Malhotra (LAB - Feltham and Heston) goes without saying that the negative impacts are significant, from visits from debt collectors or bailiffs - Speech Link

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Jan. 30 2023

Inquiry: Ransomware
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: protection cases not going to court because you did not have documents, or people automatically having bailiffs

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Jan. 30 2023

Inquiry: Ransomware
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: National Security Strategy (Joint Committee)

Found: protection cases not going to court because you did not have documents, or people automatically having bailiffs

Select Committee

RRS0027 - Reforming the Private Rented Sector

Written Evidence Nov. 03 2022

Found: Councils routinely illegally advise tenants being evicted under Section 21 to stay put until the bailiffs

Select Committee

RRS0162 - Reforming the Private Rented Sector

Written Evidence Nov. 03 2022

Found: specified date, on the basis that the tenant will not be re-housed unless they have held on until the bailiffs

Select Committee

RRS0274 - Reforming the Private Rented Sector

Written Evidence Nov. 03 2022

Found: ensure landlords and tenants understand their rights and responsibilities. bolstering the Database of Rogue