Meeting of the Parliament 04 October 2022
As I said, it is imperative that we pass the legislation and that it is treated as urgent, because of the impacts that it could have on people’s finances at the end of October 2022.
What the gentleman whose name I have forgotten—Miles Briggs—stated shows that we cannot win in this scenario. Last week, one of his colleagues accused us of sharing the bill with the sector, but now he is saying that we are not talking to anyone about the bill. He cannot have it both ways.
I find it strange that the Conservatives would take that tack. Call me a cynic, but I do not think that the Conservatives believed in the legislation to start with, which is the fundamental difference between us.
I will come on to some of the detail of the bill. As households in the rented sector, especially those on lower incomes—