http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2009/12/03/labour-mp-plugs-legislation-hole-to-help-tenants/ From landlord and tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:12:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2009/12/03/labour-mp-plugs-legislation-hole-to-help-tenants/comment-page-1/#comment-487 Tessa Shepperson Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:29:13 +0000 http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/?p=1380#comment-487 Thanks for your expert opinion Carl. Thats good news for tenants then. We will have to keep our fingers crossed and see what happens. Thanks for your expert opinion Carl. Thats good news for tenants then. We will have to keep our fingers crossed and see what happens.

]]> http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/2009/12/03/labour-mp-plugs-legislation-hole-to-help-tenants/comment-page-1/#comment-486 Carl Gardner Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:21:10 +0000 http://www.landlordlawblog.co.uk/?p=1380#comment-486 It depends on the government I think, Tessa: there'll be time if they allow the time. This sounds a bit like a "handout" Bbill, to be honest. The government has a stack of small ideas it'd like to legislate for in an ideal world, but can't prioritise in government "time". If they can find an MP who'd like to take one forward as a private member's bill, they'll sometimes allow some time for that. Since the minister has offered support, and this Labour MP landed on the idea within a few days (without it apparently being a big campaign of his previously) I suspect that's what happening here. In which case, this has a lot more chance of getting through than the other private members bills. Especially if there's no opposition, I think it could make it. It depends on the government I think, Tessa: there’ll be time if they allow the time. This sounds a bit like a “handout” Bbill, to be honest. The government has a stack of small ideas it’d like to legislate for in an ideal world, but can’t prioritise in government “time”. If they can find an MP who’d like to take one forward as a private member’s bill, they’ll sometimes allow some time for that. Since the minister has offered support, and this Labour MP landed on the idea within a few days (without it apparently being a big campaign of his previously) I suspect that’s what happening here. In which case, this has a lot more chance of getting through than the other private members bills. Especially if there’s no opposition, I think it could make it.

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