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  Deregulation Bill
  
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  The amendment rejected by the majority of MPs who took part in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment (g) proposed to Lords amendment 27
  
  Amendment (g) stated[2]:
  
  :Line  41,  after ânecessaryâ, insert âor desirableâ
  
  Amendment 27[3] sought to introduce a new clause titled "Short-term use of London accommodation" providing for an amendment to the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1973, to add a new section, an exemption to  section 25. 
  
  The wording the amendment being voted on proposed to change relates to the circumstances under which the local planning authority of Secretary of State can direct that the new section (25A) does not apply.
  
  the text of the rejected motion was:
  
  :That the amendment be made.
  
  
  The full text of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1974 does not appear to be available online.  The section in question apparently[4] allows local councils to control short-term letting, defined as temporary sleeping accommodation occupied  by the same person for less than 90 consecutive nights.  
  
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/deregulation/documents.html Parliament's webpage on the Deregulation Bill 2015 (now an Act) ]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2014-2015/0183/amend/pbc1831003m.1763-1769.html Amendment paper containing amendment (g)]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2014-2015/0183/15183.pdf Lords amendments to the Bill (PDF)]
  * [4] [http://www3.westminster.gov.uk/CSU/Cabinet%20Member%20Decisions//Archived%20Decisions/Planning/2008/02-Publication%20of%20Report%20on%20Short%20Term%20Letting/Short%20Term%20Lets%20FINAL%20Report%20Sept07.pdf Westminster council research report - Short Term Letting in Westminster (1995-2006) ]
  
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