Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Department's White Paper entitled A Fairer Private Rented Sector, published 16 June 2022, whether he has made an assessment of the implications for his polices of pets considered tenancies.

We will publish a full Impact Assessment of the policies proposed in the White Paper ‘A Fairer Private Rented Sector’ when we bring forward legislation.