Member

Amendment 228, tabled by the noble Baroness Lady Grender, would clarify that the regulation-making powers in Clause 78 are sufficient to enable regulations requiring details of tenancy disputes, including rent disputes, to be recorded on the private rented sector database. This amendment is not needed as the existing regulation-making power under Clause 78 is sufficiently wide and already allows for regulations to mandate the recording of such issues. As I have said, it is important that the database is designed in such a way that it can evolve to incorporate technological innovation and changes in the sector. That is why the detail of database entries should be set out in regulations rather than on the face of the Bill—to ensure the database can be more easily adapted to meet future circumstances.