Member

Regarding the amendment, it is not a workable approach to bring MoD accommodation within the scope of local authority enforcement. As I said in Committee, local authorities would face major challenges in trying to gain that access to inspect the thousands of properties that are behind the wire on secure sites. I heard the comments of the noble and gallant Lord, Lord Stirrup, but I think that this would create a real issue. In addition, the decent homes standard provisions in the Bill apply to England only, while service personnel are located across the UK and overseas.