Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee

Lindsay Hoyle Excerpts

Thursday 19th April 2018 Commons Chamber

[Mr Betts]

I will certainly do everything I can. That was the view of the Committee, and of the House on the Bill’s Second Reading, which I was here for. The Bill has unanimous support, so I hope there will be no obstacles to it. We did identify two issues, however, around making the Bill work. One was to ensure protection from retaliatory eviction when tenants complain—we thought that important—and the second was access to proper legal and technical advice, which many tenants will need to take on their landlord. We also said that a reformed housing court would make such legal approaches by tenants or anyone else much easier to deal with, and asked the Government to give urgent consideration to that as well.

[Mr Deputy Speaker (Sir Lindsay Hoyle)]

Excellent. It is good to welcome the hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) back to his place.