Member

I reassure the noble Lord that we are aware of these considerations. We intend to allow agents to submit information to the database on behalf of landlords and will be exploring through secondary legislation what that might look like in practice and what capabilities we will need to build. We intend for the database to be a useful tool for landlords in understanding their obligations. We plan to explore the feasibility of such functionality as the noble Lord has described, which could notify landlords of whether they are subject to licensing. Licensing schemes will remain separate to the database and, as we develop and implement it, we will continue to review how the two operate together.