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.
House of Commons
Tim FarronLiberal Democrat
30 March 2015
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The bill would require the Secretary of State to commission a research programme to assess what would happen if all aspects of the Right to Buy and Right to Acquire schemes were run entirely by Local Authorities. It would examine costs, benefits, how the schemes would operate, and whether Local Authorities should be allowed to suspend them, and it would require a report to Parliament within six months of the research finishing. It also covers other connected purposes that could follow from the findings.
The bill has completed its first reading and is at the second reading stage in the House of Commons. No further stages or votes are recorded here.
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4 Feb 2015
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.
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