A Bill to require the Secretary of State to undertake a programme of research into the costs and benefits of extending control of all aspects of Right to Buy and Right to Acquire schemes entirely to Local Authorities, including the operation and consequences of such schemes and the introduction of the right of Local Authorities to suspend them; to report to Parliament within six months of the research being completed; and for connected purposes.
The bill would require the Secretary of State to commission a programme of research into extending full control of the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire schemes to Local Authorities. It would look at how the schemes would be run, their consequences, and the local authority power to suspend them, and would require a report to Parliament within six months of the research finishing.
The bill is currently at the Second Reading stage in the House of Commons. If it progresses, it would move to Committee stage and further readings.
Generated 21 February 2026
This Bill was presented to Parliament on 4 February 2015. This is known as the first reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.
The 2014-15 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
