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  Housing and Planning Bill - Reduction of payment by agreement
  
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  @ MP voted aye 
  @ MP voted no 
  
  The majority of MPs voted 
  
  MPs were considering the Housing and Planning Bill[1].
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendments 47B and 47C
  
  Amendment 47B[2] stated:
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  3
  â(  )
  If a local housing authority so wishes, and the Secretary of State agrees, the
  Secretary  of  State  shall  enter  into  an  agreement  with  that  authority
  whereby it shall retain such part of 
  the payment referred to in section 67(1)
  as may be required to fund the provision of a new affordable home.â
  
  
  and amendment 47C[2] stated:
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  â(    )
  If  a  local  housing  authority  can  demonstrate  to  the  Secretary  of  State,
  whether by reference to its local housin
  g plan or otherwise, that there is a
  particular need in its area for social housing, the authority shall retain such
  part of the payment referred to in se
  ction 67(1) as may be required to fund
  the provision of a new dwelling to be let as social housing on terms (as to
  tenure,  rent  or  otherwise)  which  ar
  e  similar  to  those  
  on  which  the  old
  dwelling was let.
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/housingandplanning.html Parliament's webpage on the Housing and Planning Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2015-2016/0123/amend/ml123-I.pdf  Lords amendments to the Housing and Planning Bill containing amendments 47B and 47C]
  * [3] [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/6077/2116950.pdf National Planning Policy Framework, Department of Communities and Local Government, March 2012]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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