Member

I am sure it will not surprise noble Lords to know that I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Best, on the importance of collecting gas and electrical safety information alongside other key health and safety data about private rental properties on the database. However, the database will need to be able to evolve the information it collects, based on the current circumstances and needs of the sector and changes in regulations. For this reason, we intend to define the information the database must collect via secondary rather than primary legislation. A good example is that we are currently working, as noble Lords will know, on a future homes standard that may contain different elements that might need inclusion in the database. Given the benefits to the service from outlining the prescribed information through secondary legislation, and that we anticipate recording this information on the database, I respectfully ask the noble Lord to withdraw his amendment.