Member

Of course, there are two ways to achieve consistency across the two parts of the Bill. As I have said previously, although we may disagree on much of the content of the Bill, we support the Government’s desire to strengthen tenants’ rights, so we do not feel that it would be appropriate to achieve consistency by narrowing the definition of the tenant’s family in Clause 21. I think the Minister would agree with us on that. If we agree on that point, the only option that remains is to achieve consistency by using the same definition of the family in Clause 21 and in Schedule 1.