Member

Amendment 111, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Truscott, would allow landlords or agents to charge up to 12 months’ rent in advance when this has been agreed in a tenancy agreement. I have already set out in my response to Amendments 108, 109 and 110 why it is the Government’s view that the practice of landlords or agents charging rent in advance is unfair. Amendment 111 would allow for even larger amounts of rent in advance to be requested, and I therefore ask the noble Lord not to move his amendment, for the reasons I have outlined.