§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will exempt registered Social Landlords who are housing associations registered and regulated by the Housing Corporation under the Housing Act 1996 from proposals to extend administration provisions to industrial and provident societies. [73984]
§ Miss Melanie JohnsonFollowing detailed discussions with a range of interested parties, the Government tabled amendments to the Enterprise Bill at the Committee stage in the House of Lords to ensure that the Bill's provisions providing for the extension of administration to industrial and provident societies do not apply to registered social landlords under the Housing Act 1996, nor the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001.