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A New Deal for Tenants

S6M-02625 · Motion For Debate · lodged by Harvie, Patrick

Lodged on
20 Dec 2021
Heard / answered on
21 Dec 2021

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That the Parliament notes the publication of the consultation on A New Deal for Tenants, which seeks views on the Scottish Government’s ambitious plans for the rented sector; agrees that the 1.85 million people who live in the rented sector should have improved quality, standards and rights in the place they call home; supports the aims of A New Deal for Tenants to ensure tenants have more secure and stable tenancies, flexibility to personalise their homes, improved safeguards against eviction, improved regulation and effective national rent controls in the private sector; recognises that this strategy will support progress towards the human right of an adequate home for all, and welcomes, therefore, this draft strategy seeking to make renting a home more affordable, safer, with a higher quality, better managed and more secure.
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Supported by 2 additional MSPs

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Lodged by Harvie, Patrick (Scottish Green Party).
Final vote on motion (as amended)
21 Dec 2021
Carried Show MSPs
For
89
Against
28
Abstain
0
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12
Amendments incorporated
  • S6M-02625.2 Griffin, Mark — carried 88/28: As an amendment to motion S6M-02625 in the name of Patrick Harvie (A New Deal for Tenants), after “private sector” insert “; agrees that the legislation establishing the framework for these rent controls must be included in the forthcoming Housing Bill in the second year of the current parliamentary session”.
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That the Parliament notes the publication of the consultation on A New Deal for Tenants, which seeks views on the Scottish Government’s ambitious plans for the rented sector; agrees that the 1.85 million people who live in the rented sector should have improved quality, standards and rights in the place they call home; supports the aims of A New Deal for Tenants to ensure tenants have more secure and stable tenancies, flexibility to personalise their homes, improved safeguards against eviction, improved regulation and effective national rent controls in the private sector ; agrees that the legislation establishing the framework for these rent controls must be included in the forthcoming Housing Bill in the second year of the current parliamentary session; recognises that this strategy will support progress towards the human right of an adequate home for all, and welcomes, therefore, this draft strategy seeking to make renting a home more affordable, safer, with a higher quality, better managed and more secure.
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  • S6M-02625.2: after "private sector" insert
    As an amendment to motion S6M-02625 in the name of Patrick Harvie (A New Deal for Tenants), after “private sector” insert “; agrees that the legislation establishing the framework for these rent controls must be included in the forthcoming Housing Bill in the second year of the current parliamentary session”.
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Debated in chamber — 6 contributions reference this

  • The Deputy Presiding Officer (Liam McArthur) LD Chamber · 21 Dec 2021 · Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 21 December 2021
    The next item of business is a debate on motion S6M-02625, in the name of Patrick Harvie, on a new deal for tenants. I invite members who wish to participate in the debate to press their request-to-s…
  • The Presiding Officer (Alison Johnstone) NPA Chamber · 21 Dec 2021 · Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 21 December 2021
    There are six questions to be put as a result of today’s business. I remind members that if the amendment in the name of Miles Briggs is agreed to, the amendment in the name of Mark Griffin will fall…
  • The Presiding Officer NPA Chamber · 21 Dec 2021 · Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 21 December 2021
    The next question is, that amendment S6M-02625.2, in the name of Mark Griffin, which seeks to amend motion S6M-02625, in the name of Patrick Harvie, on a new deal for tenants, be agreed to. Are we ag…
  • The Presiding Officer NPA Chamber · 21 Dec 2021 · Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 21 December 2021
    The next question is, that amendment S6M-02625.3, in the name of Willie Rennie, which seeks to amend motion S6M-02625, in the name of Patrick Harvie, on a new deal for tenants, be agreed to. Amendme…
  • The Presiding Officer NPA Chamber · 21 Dec 2021 · Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 21 December 2021
    The fourth question is, that motion S6M-02625, in the name of Patrick Harvie, on a new deal for tenants, as amended, be agreed to. Are we agreed? Members: No.
  • The Presiding Officer NPA Chamber · 21 Dec 2021 · Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 21 December 2021
    The result of the vote on motion S6M-02625, in the name of Patrick Harvie, on a new deal for tenants, as amended, is: For 89, Against 28, Abstentions 0. Motion, as amended, agreed to, That the Parl…

Amendments and how the chamber decided

  1. Selected item
    Carried 89/28
    S6M-02625
    20 Dec 2021 · Motion For Debate · Harvie, Patrick
    That the Parliament notes the publication of the consultation on A New Deal for Tenants, which seeks views on the Scottish Government’s ambitious plans for the rented sector; agrees that the 1.85 million people who live in the rented sector should have improved quality, standards and rights in the place they call home; supports the aims of A New Dea...
  2. Linked amendment/item
    Defeated 28/89
    S6M-02625.1
    20 Dec 2021 · Amendment · Briggs, Miles
    As an amendment to motion S6M-02625 in the name of Patrick Harvie (A New Deal for Tenants), leave out from “, improved regulation” to end and insert “and improved regulation; acknowledges, however, that the biggest challenge facing those in the rented sector is the rising cost of living caused by a national housing shortage; notes that t...
  3. Linked amendment/item
    Carried 88/28
    S6M-02625.2
    20 Dec 2021 · Amendment · Griffin, Mark
    As an amendment to motion S6M-02625 in the name of Patrick Harvie (A New Deal for Tenants), after “private sector” insert “; agrees that the legislation establishing the framework for these rent controls must be included in the forthcoming Housing Bill in the second year of the current parliamentary session”.
  4. Linked amendment/item
    S6M-02625.3
    20 Dec 2021 · Amendment · Rennie, Willie
    As an amendment to motion S6M-02625 in the name of Patrick Harvie (A New Deal for Tenants), insert at end “; urges the Scottish Government to also address the issues around the availability of private rented properties; considers that it should increase its ambitions for the building of more homes for social rent, and believes that increasing the su...