Leasehold and Commonhold Reform

I think people will accept that. I ought to say that we are not trying to solve all the problems ...

I join my hon. Friend the Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mark Tami) in congratulating the hon. Gent...

That matches the problems of some park home owners. If I had the time, I would get into the activ...

Will the Minister consider the particular problem of leasehold in shared ownership? There, when y...

My hon. Friend makes a point that shows the truth of what I said at the beginning: the Government...

May I congratulate everyone who has been involved in this campaign so far? I am acutely aware tha...

That is a point that the hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah) might raise if...

Sir David, it is a pleasure to serve under the chairmanship of a fellow West Ham United supporter...

I praise my hon. Friend for all the work he has done. I very much welcome what the Government hav...

My hon. Friend puts his finger on the key point. We will be looking to the Minister for reassuran...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David, on this, our last day of term. I co...

I have also been made aware that when a number of people bought these properties, they were encou...

Indeed, the lack of transparency and information for those purchasing the leasehold is a problema...

I can quote an example where, if the people had managed to buy the freehold from the developer at...

There was certainly an iniquity there, which needs to be resolved.

Like many right hon. and...

A similar practice was highlighted just last week by one of my constituents in Winnington in Nort...

I am surprised that the agency did not charge a ground rent for the “For sale” sign—that would ha...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David.

It is also a pleasure to foll...

Although the property companies may not have done anything illegal, what they have done is morall...

I totally agree with my hon. Friend and will expand on that point later in my speech.

I hav...

It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I join the chorus of well-deserved c...

Thank you, Sir David, and merry Christmas. It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Witney ...

Does my right hon. Friend accept that many of the purchasers in my constituency—and no doubt in h...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right; that is another complicating factor. I will quote what ...

In my constituency of Weaver Vale, Morris homes is selling houses in a development in expectation...

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. Was someone else trying to intervene?

If my right hon. Friend is offering, I will.

I did not have my right hon. Friend in mind, but I can never resist giving way to him.

My right hon. Friend is most kind. Listening to the powerful testimony on all sides of this Chamb...

I am glad that I gave way to my right hon Friend; the point he makes is right. People should be c...

It is an honour to speak under your chairmanship, Sir David. I congratulate the hon. Member for W...

The hon. Lady’s early-day motion is very important. The Government should consult on whether it i...

I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman’s straightforward statement.

It cannot be right that s...

Is my hon. Friend surprised to hear that Nationwide’s pension scheme has purchased the freeholds ...

I hope that Nationwide is duly embarrassed by what my hon. Friend has said.

Unscrupulous de...

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

I think I am right in saying that the law is that if they had been in a residential flat, the fre...

I am grateful for that clarification.

This is not about the future; I am sure that the Mini...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir David. I thank the hon. Member for Worthin...

The hon. Lady has raised a point that the hon. Member for Poplar and Limehouse (Jim Fitzpatrick) ...

I concur with the hon. Gentleman’s comments. He is absolutely right. Mere words of comfort and a ...

Thank you for calling me in this debate, Sir David, to add my voice to the pertinent points that ...

It goes a stage further than that. There is a case going to appeal—the Stanley v. Mundy case—wher...

I absolutely agree. My distress is even greater after hearing about that situation; action like t...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I, too, congratulate the hon. Member ...

I thank my hon. Friend for all the work he has done on this matter. Some of the practices involve...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. As we heard earlier, when people purchase their homes they ar...

I pay tribute to hon. Members who are present for the debate, and in particular the hon. Member f...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I want to add to the praise that has ...

Does Mr Amesbury want to speak?

No, I withdraw.

For the benefit of the House, I have called all the Members who have given me notification that t...

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for...

Does my hon. Friend agree that the evidence presented today and presented to us by constituents p...

My hon. Friend makes a very important point. I agree.

It is important that we regulate the ...

Last but—least as well! It is a pleasure to serve last under your chairmanship, Mr Bone.

Th...

I was delighted that Sir David was in the Chair at the start of the debate—he has a particular pe...

Developers have rightly got a hammering this afternoon, but notwithstanding that, does my right h...

That certainly applies in some cases and it is a good point, but it remains the case that the wor...

It is an absolute pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Bone. I congratulate my hon. Frie...

Is that not a prima facie case of mis-selling?

I will come on to talk about the work that the Government will be doing with the Law Commission.<...

I am grateful to the Minister for giving us that answer. I think everyone will be encouraged and ...

If the right hon. Gentleman bears with me, I will come on to that.

As I said, we will be wo...

Will the Minister to clarify whether the proposals that will be brought forward by the summer wil...

As the hon. Lady knows, we are meeting in the new year to discuss the issue of the charity loopho...

I suggest that either the Minister or his officials should have a round table with the charities,...

My hon. Friend makes an interesting suggestion. I will take that away and come back to him.