§ Mr. Lubbockasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what consideration he has given to the evidence in the Notting Hill survey concerning the practice of creating furnished tenancies by landlords who install a bare minimum of furniture; and if he will now introduce legislation to assimilate the provisions of the Rent Acts regarding security of tenure and control of rents in respect of furnished and unfurnished tenancies.
§ Mr. MacCollAny tenant who considers that the furniture provided is insufficient for a furnished tenancy may apply to the County Court for a determination that he has an unfurnished protected tenancy.
The Rent Act, 1965, considerably improved the position of tenants of furnished dwellings. A further extension of the law on the lines suggested would have far-reaching consequences, not all of them necessarily favourable to tenants generally, but we are keeping the possibility in mind.