“Conservative MPs have voted against proposed new rules requiring private sector landlords to ensure their properties are fit for human habitation.
A Labour amendment to the government’s housing and planning bill, designed to ensure that all rented accommodation was safe for people to live in, was defeated by 312 votes to 219 on Tuesday, a majority of 93.”
At least 73 of the MPs who rejected proposals to ensure rented homes are “fit for human habitation” are themselves residential landlords, Political Scrapbook can reveal. …
… The full list of MPs who voted against the measure and had recorded their income as a residential landlord under Section 6(ii) of the current register of members’ interests, “Income derived from property: over £10,000 in a calendar year …”
One of those 73 named in the article is Tiverton and Honiton MP Neil Parish.
East Devon MP Hugo Swire also voted against it.
East Devon Watch 