HC Deb 26 July 1972 vol 841 cc1841-2

Lords Amendment: No. 6, in page 34, line 36, after "writing" insert: signed by the landlord and the tenant".

4.15 p.m.

Mr. Younger

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

Mr. Speaker

With this Amendment we are to take Lords Amendments No. 7 and No. 8.

Mr. Younger

Amendment No. 6 is a drafting improvement to the Bill and was suggested by the Opposition in another place. I felt that, strictly speaking, it was unnecessary to make this change, as an agreement must in any event be signed by the landlord and tenant, and I am advised that to be an agreement it would have to be signed. It is therefore not strictly necessary for this to be written into the Bill, but I see no objection to its being done in order further to clarify matters.

Amendments Nos. 7 and 8 have the effect of requiring the information mentioned in subsection (3)(b) to be included at the very beginning of the agreement. The substantive Amendment—No. 8—is identical in effect to one moved by my right hon. Friend during the Report stage of the Housing Finance Bill. These Amendments, which were suggested by the Opposition in another place, will have the effect of clarifying the layout of an agreement and will, therefore, add to the clarity of it when it is being looked at by somebody who is affected by it. This provision may, therefore, be of advantage.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.

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