Renters’ Rights Bill: A Brief Update from the House of Lords
Over the past four weeks, the House of Lords has met 11 times to debate the Renters’ Rights Bill during the Committee Stage. This stage took longer than expected, with 339 amendments discussed and 42 agreed by the time it concluded on the 15th May.
We’ve held off from providing detailed updates until now, as many of the amendments agreed in the House of Lords may still be rejected by the House of Commons during the next stages.
What happens next?
The Bill remains with the House of Lords and will move to the Report Stage followed by the Third Reading. The Lords will be in recess from 22nd May until 2nd June, and the Bill is not currently scheduled for debate in the first week back. As such, we anticipate these next steps will take place in mid to late June.
After this, the Bill will return to the House of Commons for consideration of the Lords’ amendments. The Commons may agree or disagree with the changes, or propose alternatives. This process, often referred to as ‘ping pong’ can continue between both Houses until they reach agreement on the final wording.
Once both the Commons and Lords agree on the final version, the Bill will receive Royal Assent, at which point it becomes law.
We’ll continue to keep you informed as progress is made. In the meantime, our team is on hand should you have any questions or wish to discuss what this may mean for you.
If you’d like to arrange a 15-minute phone call to discuss how the upcoming changes could affect you, you can do so by clicking here!
PS. If you’d like to read the full list of amendments, you can find them on the UK Parliament website for the Renters Rights Bill here!
