Leasehold and Commonhold Reform

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. As has been evident at a number of me...

I am grateful that the hon. Gentleman has brought this subject up. My calculation is that if a £2...

The hon. Gentleman emphasises the absurdity of this situation and the abuse. It is a big issue, a...

The hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim Fitzpatrick)—my hon. Friend—referred to things goin...

I apologise for interrupting as the hon. Gentleman is making a good point. When the dispute resol...

I agree completely. Moreover, that reminds me that the Government have had a review of LEASE—the ...

I commend the hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim Fitzpatr...

I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for that.

We are talking about a number of issues...

Kingston.

In Kingston. The numbers might be wrong, but they are illustrative. Imagine the Tchenguiz interes...

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way and for mentioning Charter Quay in my constituency, as well...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right.

If a leaseholder wants to exercise their rights under t...

I am about to take the chairmanship of the all-party parliamentary group on park homes, so my hon...

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. If he will sign me up as a member, I would be happy to join the ...

What we are discussing today is nothing short of a national scandal. It is the PPI of the house b...

Does the hon. Gentleman agree that when ground rent or other charges double, it would be usual to...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I know that his constituency is affected by the ...

A service charge or maintenance charge is one thing; the ground produces nothing. I meant to pay ...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. He is spot-on. The notional figures that we are ...

The solicitor’s advice is a critical part of this. If the solicitor does not tell the first purch...

As a former practising solicitor—not in this area, I hasten to add—I think it is fair to say that...

Following what my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley) has just said, s...

I think that individual solicitors have to answer for what they have done. From my knowledge of t...

Any new houses.

Yes, any new houses. But that does not help my constituents, who believe that they have been comp...

My interest in this important topic stems from two long-running cases in my constituency. They re...

Through my hon. Friend, may I suggest that the Law Officers look to see whether they can take ove...

I thoroughly agree, and I thank my hon. Friend for giving such clear advice, as he generally does...

The House is following this case keenly. Is my hon. Friend telling the House that the freeholder ...

That is exactly the position, and it certainly needs to be looked at.

The ombudsman’s decis...

Before I start, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like, on behalf of the Opposition Front Bench, to w...

I apologise to the House for being unable to be here for the start of the debate. May I offer my ...

I thank my hon. Friend for that excellent additional example where the right to manage has been p...

Another illustration of this issue comes from a CBRE report of 2013 saying that some people who a...

That is yet another example of poor practice—and that would be a generous term.

We have hea...

We need to make it much easier for any individual leaseholder to have access to the contact detai...

The Government need to look at that detailed and critical issue. We look forward to not just an a...

I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Worthing West (Sir Peter Bottomley) and the hon. Mem...

I apologise for intervening on the Minister so early in his speech; we look forward to hearing wh...

The hon. Gentleman makes his point forcefully. Whatever the actual figure—clearly, the work that ...

It is welcome that this practice is not going to continue, but my constituents are anxious to kno...

I do not have an answer for the hon. Gentleman today, but I assure him that the Secretary of Stat...

May I ask the Minister to consult his officials and others on whether there is scope for declarin...

There are a number of different ways in which the issue can be addressed. It is a difficult issue...

I am grateful to the Minister for pointing out the right to be consulted under the Housing and Pl...

The 2016 Act does not give a right to veto, but it gives improved powers to residents association...

indicated assent.

The hon. Gentleman is nodding; that is the situation in the case that he mentioned. That can lead...

May I, through the Minister, thank LEASE for all the work that it does to help my constituents, a...

I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for her intervention. It is good that people are paying tribu...

This has been an important debate. We have had fewer contributions than we expected when we put i...

Thank you, and may I return the compliment of the hon. Gentleman and the House by wishing everybo...