Member

There is a supply and demand imbalance in this country, which the Government are seeking to tackle through our ambitious milestone of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes over this Parliament. However, while we are in this situation where there is such strong competition for privately rented housing in some parts of the country, I do not think it would be helpful to support a measure which would risk doing more harm than good to renters seeking to access the private rented sector. I hope that on that basis, my noble friend will consider not pressing her new clause to a vote.