Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the white paper entitled A fairer private rented sector, published on 16 June 2022, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to stop landlords from unreasonably withholding consent when a tenant requests to have a pet in their home.

The Government has committed to giving tenants the right to request a pet that the landlord must consider and cannot unreasonably refuse. We will amend the Tenant Fees Act 2019 so that landlords can require insurance to cover damage to their property caused by pets.

The Government has engaged a wide range of stakeholders from across the sector, including animal welfare charities, while developing these proposals. We will continue to do so, ahead of legislating as soon as parliamentary time allows.