The opposition walked out shortly after noon, saying the tenancy bill still lets a landlord shorten notice if a building is marked for redevelopment. The treasury benches stayed in the chamber and continued the clause-by-clause reading with a thinner house.
Tenant unions had asked for a minimum notice of ninety days in every city ward. The printed draft sets sixty days, with a longer window only when the tenant has lived in the flat for more than five years. Landlord associations say even that window will freeze sales in older blocks.
What happens next
The housing minister told reporters the walkout would not stop the bill. He said a select committee can still take written objections until Friday, and that the eviction clause is the one passage most likely to be rewritten before the vote.
Sergeants cleared the galleries after slogans from the visitors’ benches. The speaker adjourned for twenty minutes, then resumed with the clause on rent receipts, which both sides had earlier described as uncontroversial.
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