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Lord Carter of Haslemere (CB)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 11 February 2026

Debate

Renters’ Rights Act: Implementation

Contribution

My Lords, the Master of the Rolls, who oversees the efficiency of our civil justice system, recently said that the Act creates an incentive for tenants to appeal every increase in rent to the First-tier Tribunal because, even if the appeal fails, the increase in rent will not be backdated. Ministers have said that they will intervene if the tribunal becomes “overwhelmed”, but, in response to a Written Question, they said they did not hold data on the average time the tribunal takes to process rent appeal cases. So how will the Minister assess whether the tribunal has become “overwhelmed”, so as to prevent the whole system falling into chaos, with longer and longer delays in the tribunal?

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