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Finally, Amendment 243A, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, looks to the future potential of the database. While the Government may choose to begin with basic landlord registration, the database could be developed as a vital communication and compliance tool by integrating unique property reference numbers with centralised, digital records, such as the Gas Safe Register and the EPC register, using a standardised template. It would be helpful to know the Government’s plans for the future of the database, not least because landlords and tenants deserve some certainty on where the database is going.