Declares that the Retail Price Index is no longer fit for purpose as the measure by which to uprate pitch fees for park homes
The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Government to ensure that the Consumer Price Index is used as the basis for the annual pitch fee of park homes.
And the petitioners remain, etc.—[Presented by Esther McVey, Official Report, 2 November 2022; Vol. 721, c. 980.]
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Observations from the Minister of State, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (Rachel Maclean):
This Government are committed to reforming the mobile homes sector and giving better protection to all park home residents.
In November 2022, the Government supported the Mobile Homes (Pitch Fees) Bill, a Private Members’ Bill introduced in the Commons by my hon. Friend the Member for Christchurch (Sir Christopher Chope), which will change the Retail Price Index (RPI) to the lower the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
The Bill passed all its Commons stages on 18 November 2022 and will have its Third Reading in the Lords on 24 March 2023. The changes will come into force two months after the Bill receives Royal Assent.
The Government will continue with the reforms to the sector that they have committed to introduce, to improve the lives of residents.