§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what representations he has received seeking legislation to require private landlords to disclose their identity and actual address to tenants; what response he has made; and if he will make a statement.
20Wbodies, payments made under the former Community Land Act and subscriptions to international environmental organisations.
The figures exclude expenditure by local authorities and described in the PEWP, table 10.1, as "local environmental services". They also exclude grants for the urban programme and derelict land clearance, expenditure on the built heritage and the costs of privatisation of the water industry which are borne on Votes 3, 4 and 9 respectively.
The figures are derived from the Appropriation accounts for classes VIII and X for the years 1974–75 to 1986–87.
(b) air pollution research and (c) total expenditure on environmental protection and research, for each year since 1974 for which figures are available.
§ Mr. RidleyExpenditure on environmental protection research by the Department of the Environment was as follows:
§ Mrs. RoeMy Department has received complaints from time to time from tenants who did not know the name and address of their landlord. Under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 a landlord must supply this information if a tenant requests it either from the person to whom rent is paid or from the landlord's agent. Failure to do so is a criminal offence. Following the recommendations of the Nugee committee on the 21W management of privately owned blocks of flats, this provision was augmented in the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 which, like the 1985 Act, extends to England and Wales. The 1987 Act provides that a landlord must state his name and address on any rent or service change demand and that service charges need not be paid until he has done so. The landlord must also give a name and address in England and Wales for the service or notices, and the tenants may withhold any rent or service charge until he has done so.