Have your say on the Tenant Fees Bill
22 May 2018 (updated on 22 May 2018)
Do you have relevant expertise and experience or a special interest in the Tenant Fees Bill, which is currently passing through Parliament?
If so, you can submit your views in writing to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee which is going to consider this Bill.
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The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence. The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have to take it into consideration. The Committee is expected to meet for the first time on Tuesday 5 June 2018; it will stop receiving written evidence at the end of the Committee stage, which is expected to be not later than 5.00pm on Tuesday 12 June 2018. However, please note that when the Committee concludes its consideration of the Bill it is no longer able to receive written evidence and it can conclude earlier than the expected deadline of 5.00pm on Tuesday 12 June 2018.* |
* In the last Parliamentary Session, the following Public Bill Committees concluded their consideration of the Bill earlier than scheduled: Criminal Finances, Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts), Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs), Neighbourhood Planning, Savings (Government Contributions), Technical and Further Education, Commonwealth Development Corporation, Children & Social Work, National Citizen Service, and Bus Services.
Aims of the Bill
- to make provision prohibiting landlords and letting agents from requiring certain payments to be made or certain other steps to be taken;
- to make provision about the payment of holding deposits;
- to make provision about enforcement and about the lead enforcement authority;
- to amend the provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 about information to be provided by letting agents and the provisions of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 about client money protection schemes;
- and for connected purposes.
Follow the progress of the Tenant Fees Bill
The Tenant Fees Bill was presented to the House of Commons on 2 May 2018 and had its second reading debate on 21 May 2018.
This Bill has now been committed to a Public Bill Committee which will hold its oral evidence sessions on Tuesday 5 June 2018. The Public Bill Committee must conclude by Tuesday 12 June 2018.
Guidance on submitting written evidence
Deadline for written evidence submissions
The Public Bill Committee is now able to receive written evidence. The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have to take it into consideration and possibly reflect it in an amendment. The order in which amendments are taken in Committee will be available in due course under Selection of Amendments on the Bill documents pages. Once the Committee has dealt with an amendment it will not revisit it.
The Committee will only meet on Tuesday 5 June 2018. It will stop receiving written evidence at the end of the Committee stage, which is expected to be not later than 5.00pm on Tuesday 12 June 2018. However, please note that when the Committee concludes its consideration of the Bill it is no longer able to receive written evidence and it can conclude earlier than the expected deadline of 5.00pm on Tuesday 12 June 2018.