THE recent report by one of the national newspapers regarding outbuildings such as shed and garages used without planning consent by unscrupulous landlords, for habitation, is something I wrote about before.
At the moment any local authority, who have suspicions of such behaviour, have, by law, to give 24 hours’ notice to a landlord of any inspection.
The councils are pressing the Government to change this.
If local authorities are allowed to do so they should have the border control agency with them on any inspection, so they can detain all illegals they find, as these are the type of persons who will be exploited by these Rachman-style landlords.
However, will Brussels allow the Government to allow the councils to do this because of the infamous Human Rights Act?
If the councils are allowed the powers they want, will the landlords be forced to demolish unlawful dwellings, as one man was made to do in Marston.
It would be very interesting to see what would happen.
MICHAEL CLARKE Lewell Avenue Old Marston Oxford
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