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Sheltered Accommodation (Residents) Bill

A Bill to make provision for residents in sheltered accommodation to challenge certain local authority budget decisions which affect them; to ensure that funding provided by central government to local authorities for sheltered accommodation warden services is not allocated to other services; and for connected purposes.

In progress Current stage: 2nd reading (Commons)

The story so farThe Sheltered Accommodation (Residents) Bill was introduced in the House of Commons on 6 January 2010 by Mr Andrew Dismore (Labour). It is now at second reading in the House of Commons. Second reading is the first debate on the overall principle of the bill; if the bill clears it, detailed committee scrutiny follows.

What the bill does

The Bill would make provision for residents in sheltered accommodation to challenge certain local authority budget decisions that affect them. It also seeks to ensure that funding provided by central government to local authorities for warden services for sheltered accommodation is not allocated to other services.

Progress through Parliament

  1. 1st reading Commons 6 Jan 2010
  2. 2nd reading Commons Current

Source: the official bill page. Last updated 13 Apr 2010.