Member

However, more generally, we must recognise that more needs to be done in this area, whether it is simply the amendment proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Willetts, to which I have added my name, or the more general change that is set out in the other amendments in this group. A vibrant private rented sector for students is necessary if we are going to protect and increase educational opportunity in this country. It is not sufficient, of course, but it is genuinely necessary. I hope the Minister will recognise both this and that student accommodation in general needs to be treated as the distinctive case that it is.