Member

How can we check that the Bill is working? There is no point in seeking to improve the lot of those who rent property if it just means that landlords shift how they categorise their properties, so that they can keep going about their business as they did before. I therefore add my public support to new clause 2, in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton and Wellington, which calls on the Secretary of State to review whether the prohibition on fixed-term contracts has increased the number of landlords choosing to offer short-term lets instead of letting in the private rented sector. I simply ask the Government what they have to lose by accepting the new clause.