All 1 Lord Stoneham of Droxford contributions to the Mobile Homes (Pitch Fees) Act 2023

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Fri 3rd Feb 2023

Mobile Homes (Pitch Fees) Bill

Lord Stoneham of Droxford Excerpts
2nd reading
Friday 3rd February 2023

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Stoneham of Droxford Portrait Lord Stoneham of Droxford (LD)
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My Lords, I am grateful to the House for allowing me to speak in the gap. I associate our group with the objectives of the Bill. Occupants of mobile homes are a very disadvantaged group in many respects. I am familiar with a number of these sites in the Winchester constituency, at Colden Common and Curdridge. I know that they are a very vulnerable group—mainly elderly people who have often missed their opportunity to advance in the housing market. They are now suffering in particular from very high energy costs, because obviously their homes tend to be very poorly insulated. This move to relate the maximum increase to CPI is relevant and should be done quickly in the current circumstances. We are favourable to the objectives of what the Bill seeks to do.