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My own son—as Back Benchers were keen to personalise examples—is a student who is currently accommodated in a two-bedroom flat. Why would the landlord of that accommodation be outside of scope but the landlord of a student property with one more bedroom be within scope? The idea that we cannot work out who is or is not letting to students is a nonsense. Students have their own council tax category, and it is often the case that they can only get student accommodation and enjoy the benefit of the student discount for council tax by proving that they are a student. It would be a really easy cut-off to say that all student accommodation falls within scope. The Government accept the principle but then fail to address the issue—they accept the logic but do nothing about it.