Housing: Leaseholder Deposit Protection

Lord Hughes of Woodside Excerpts

Monday 23rd July 2012 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Hanham]

My Lords, there are voluntary regulators and voluntary regulations and organisations that are keeping an eye on this. I am sure my noble friend will agree that it is not always for the law or for Parliament to dictate or regulate and that an industry can be self regulating. That is the situation at present.

[Lord Hughes of Woodside]

Will the Minister please explain, because it was not clear to me from her Answer, what she actually said? If a clause is in statute, is it not obligatory for a Government to take action on it and not say that they are thinking about it?