Although widely mooted as a main priority for this current session of Parliament the Renters Reform Bill is unlikely to be debated this week and apparently the clock is ticking as to whether the Second Reading will occur over the incoming weeks.

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Despite the much heralded introduction of the Bill in May and fast tracking of its First Reading, the Second Reading has so far failed to materialise and its delay seems long-winded for such an ‘important’ piece of legislation.

It will come to light on Thursday  whether the Bill will be debated next week, however the House Of Commons will only be present for two days because of the party conferences’ season.

However if the Second Reading does not take place before the ‘jollies’ it will be delayed until October 16th when the MPs return.

There will only be short timescale for the Second Reading to take place before State Opening of Parliament by the King’s Speech on November 7th, and this fails to happen then the process will have to start all over again with a ‘second’ First Reading.

This is highly unlikely because of the protracted process that Bills undergo through the Commons and Lords before being given Royal Assent, that the highly controversial regulations will see the ‘light of day’ before the next General Election.

Ben Twomey, the chief executive of the Generation Rent activist group, says: “The clock is ticking, and while we wait for the government to pass the law it promised to renters four years ago...