Oral QuestionMinistry of Justice

What steps his Department has taken to tackle covid-19 on the prison estate.

Tabled: 20 May 2020Answered: 9 June 2020

Asked by

Dr Ben Spencer

ConservativeRunnymede and Weybridge

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Justice

Answer from Hansard

Matthew Pennycook

I assure my hon. Friend of that fact, and we are also succeeding where the previous Government failed, in that we are finally abolishing section 21 no-fault evictions. The Renters’ Rights Bill will empower tenants to challenge unreasonable within-tenancy rent increases. We also need to boost supply, which is why we set the hugely ambitious milestone, as part of our plan for change, of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes in this Parliament.