The government appears to be delaying progress on the Renters Rights Bill, with no time allocated for its next stage in the House of Lords this week — nearly four weeks after it completed its committee stage on 15 May.

Under parliamentary procedure, the Bill should now move to the Report stage, where peers can further amend and scrutinise it before it proceeds to Third Reading and then to the House of Commons. Final approval by both Houses would be required before the Bill receives Royal Assent and becomes law.

However, the government’s latest House of Lords schedule, released over the weekend, includes no mention of the Renters Rights Bill. Instead, time has been given to debates such as:

• Reinstating the UK’s membership of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service

• Support for the UK craft industry

What This Means:

• The absence of the Bill from this week’s agenda suggests a lack of urgency from ministers, despite prior public commitments to renters’ reform.

• The delay may fuel speculation that the government is reconsidering the Bill’s timing or political viability.

• This development follows ongoing controversy over the withheld Justice Impact Test and growing industry concerns over the Bill’s effect on landlord confidence and housing supply.