Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. Committee stage tenth sitting

Government new clause 6 (Notice of future service charge demands), agreed to. Government new clause 7 (Restriction on recovery of non-litigation costs of enfranchisement, extension and right to manage), agreed to. Government new clause 8 (Appointment of manager: power to vary or discharge orders), agreed to. Government new clause 9 (Appointment of manager: breach of redress scheme requirements), agreed to. Government new clause 10 (Notices of complaint), discussed with Government new clause 11 (Appointment of substitute manager), Government new clause 12 (Conditions for applying for appointment order), Government new clause 13 (Criteria for determining whether to make appointment order), and Government new clause 14 (Appointment orders: further provision), agreed to. Government new clauses 11 to 14 agreed to. Government new clause 15 (Leasehold and estate management: redress schemes), agreed to. Government new clause 16 (Redress schemes: voluntary jurisdiction), agreed to. Government new clause 17 (Financial assistance for establishment or maintenance of redress schemes), agreed to. Government new clause 18 (Approval and designation of redress schemes), agreed to. Government new clause 19 (Financial penalties), agreed to. Government new clause 20 (Financial penalties: maximum amounts), agreed to. Government new clause 21 (Decision under a redress scheme may be made enforceable as if it were a court order), agreed to. Government new clause 22 (Lead enforcement authority: further provision), agreed to. Government new clause 23 (Guidance for enforcement authorities and scheme administrators), agreed to. Government new clause 24 (Interpretation of Part 4A), agreed to. Government new clause 42 (Leasehold sales information requests), discussed with Government new clause 43 (Estate management: sales information requests), Government new clause 44 (Effect of sales information request), Government new clause 45 (Charges for provision of information), and Government new clause 46 (Enforcement of sections (Effect of sales information request) and (Charges for provision of information)), agreed to. Government new clauses 43 to 46 agreed to. New clause 1 (Abolition of forfeiture of a long lease) negatived on division (5 votes to 9). New clause 2 (Requirement to establish and operate a management company under leaseholder control), negatived on division (5 votes to 10). New clause 5 (Power to establish a Right to Manage regime for freeholders on private or mixed-use estates), negatived on division (5 votes to 10). New clause 25 (Regulation of property agents), negatived on division (5 votes to 10). New clause 26 (Pre-consolidation amendments of legislation relating to residential leasehold and freehold and estate management), debated and withdrawn. New clause 27 (Qualifying leases for the purposes of the remediation of building defects), discussed with new clause 28 (Meaning of “relevant building” for the purposes of the remediation of building defects), both negatived on division (5 votes to 10 in each case). New clause 29 (Report on providing leaseholders in flats with a share of the freehold), negatived on division (5 votes to 10). New clause 30 (Review of the percentage of qualifying tenants required to participate in an enfranchisement claim), discussed with new clause 31 (Review of the percentage of qualifying tenants required to participate in a claim to acquire the Right to Manage), and new clause 33 (Proportion of qualifying tenants required for a notice of claim to acquire right to manage), debated and withdrawn. New clause 32 (Premises to which leasehold right to manage applies), debated and withdrawn. New clause 34 (Commencement of section 156 of the CLRA 2002), negatived on division (1 vote to 9). New clause 35 (Duty to notify purchasers of liability for estate management charges), debated and withdrawn. New clause 36 (Asbestos remediation), debated and withdrawn. New clause 37 (Eligibility for enfranchisement), debated and withdrawn. New clause 38 (Right to manage: procedure following an application to the appropriate tribunal), negatived on division (4 votes to 7). New clause 39 (Service charges: consultation requirements), debated and withdrawn. New clause 40 (Meaning of “accountable person” for the purposes of the Building Safety Act 2022), negatived on division (4 votes to 7). New clause 47 (Collective enfranchisement: removal of prohibition on participation), debated and withdrawn. New clause 48 (Right to participate in enfranchisement), debated and withdrawn. New clause 50 (Control of boards of estate managers), debated and withdrawn. New clause 51 (Ability to change estate management company), debated and withdrawn. Government new schedule 1 (Redress schemes: financial penalties), agreed to. A Government amendment to the long title of the Bill agreed to. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 158). Committee adjourned. Written evidence reported to the House.