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Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede moved that the House regrets that the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 will not continue to protect tenants from eviction, and calls on Her Majesty’s Government to amend the Housing Act 1998 to give courts temporary discretion on evictions, including on evictions arising from rent arrears (SI 2020/751). The motion was agreed to (see division 2).

Wednesday 23 September 2020 between 15:08 and 15:23

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Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede moved that the House regrets that the Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 4) (Coronavirus) Rules 2020 will not continue to protect tenants from eviction, and calls on Her Majesty’s Government to amend the Housing Act 1998 to give courts temporary discretion on evictions, including on evictions arising from rent arrears (SI 2020/751). The motion was agreed to (see division 2).
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