Speeches by Munt.

“Will the Minister give way?”

“We need to tell people when it is doing this stuff.”

“7. What steps he is taking to help improve the energy efficiency of homes.”

“I recognise that there are very good schemes for those on lower incomes and that heating homes is really important. For many older properties and properties in conservation areas, as fast as we heat the homes, the heat just goes out the windows. In my area, where there are lots of older homes and homes in conservation …”

“Although this is a slightly different situation, I want to clarify what the Home Office’s response would be to the case of one of my constituents. She came into the UK with her partner and sought leave to remain. He was arrested four times for domestic abuse, and she alerted the Home Office to the fact that it had happ…”

“I welcome the broad outline of what the Minister is describing in this draft order. I just wanted to highlight that particular case, which is very distressing for the constituent concerned.”

“Is it more modern in Wales?”

“Yes, that is right. It was descoped. We have had quite a reasonable amount of evidence about significant delays, particularly in possession claims, because of a lack of bailiffs. How are you going deal with modernising enforcement? I get a very great sense of the fact that, if there is no enforcement, everyone just goe…”

“That is slightly slack language, but you know what I mean.”

“That is good. Can I move to enforcement? That was one of the things that got binned in the reform programme, did it not?”

“I am really talking about the county court staff, who we have met, who are doing the day-to-day slog of getting this stuff into the system. Will it be tested with them?”

“Yes, with the people who are doing that kind of work on a day-to-day basis.”

“That would be good. If I can roll back a bit, we have talked already about centralisation. I am not sure it has been elucidated very clearly, but one gets the sense that, if I were to make it vaguely pictorial, when we centralise things the people who were in the places where stuff was happening before lose their owner…”

“I think that would be a good thing. Do you think so too, Chair?”

“As part of that “test, test, test” thing, can we have a look before you let it loose?”

“That is great. What are the lessons that you have learned that might apply to that particular piece of work, where you have one Department funding the work in your Department on digitising possession proceedings?”

“You have also talked about lessons learned. I wondered what lessons are translating into that particular piece of work. To clarify, is that digitisation process looking at what the Renters (Reform) Bill is going to look like? Is it looking at what is sitting on the books now or looking a little bit into the future?”

“Can I just pick up on another point? We have been talking about possession proceedings. As we understand it, the process of digitising those proceedings is being funded by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.”

“Can you just quantify that figure of 23%?”

“What is your budget to do that this year?”