Mr. Justice John Quirke:

There is the question of renewal of leases and whether tenants should have the right to renew and in what circumstances that should be looked at again. The general view is that the earlier legislation is now out of date and out of kilter with current circumstances both in the property market and the economic climate. Is the Private Residential Tenancies Board, PRTB, adequate? It is a diverse area but because there is so much interest, we thought we had better look at it. Other questions include: whether the mechanisms for owners to recover possession are sufficient; classification of tenancies - should there be a distinction between people who wish to remain long term and others; funding of public services to the property and maintaining the property and its environment; provision regarding deposit arrangement, including the purpose, use and repayment of the deposit; landlord and tenant ground rents; discrimination between local authority tenants and private law tenants; issues under section 62 of the Housing Act; the amendment of section 17 of the Statute of Limitations arising out of the decision which held that a periodic tenancy ranks as a lease for the purposes of the 1957 statute; and a look at the 2006 Law Commission of England and Wales report on "renting homes". That is wide ranging and not compact but we thought we should have a look at landlord and tenant law generally having regard to the consideration questions and almost demands that we do so again.