Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]

I appreciate my right hon. Friend’s strong lobbying on this matter. I think the Government decide...

The bit I do not understand is why we have leasehold at all. It is just preposterous nonsense, is...

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I wonder why, in the brief periods when Labour h...

The Minister is being generous in giving way. He may not wish to be as radical as my hon. Friend ...

I largely agree with the hon. Lady, not least because the ten-minute rule Bill to which I referre...

Does the Minister agree that this issue is about not only ground rents, but the admin fees that a...

I do not want to jump forward several pages in my speech, but the right hon. Gentleman is predict...

I pay tribute to the Minister for the work that he has done so far. He may know that constituents...

The work of the CMA has been pivotal so far in already changing the behaviour of a number of sign...

I have met many people who were told by the company that sold them their property that they would...

Once again the right hon. Gentleman points out an egregious and unfortunate practice that hopeful...

That prompts the question of what proposals the Minister may have to enable leaseholders to enfor...

As my right hon. Friend will know, unfortunately I am not the Secretary of State, much as I would...

I have listened to my right hon. Friend the Member for Alyn and Deeside (Mark Tami) and others. T...

I am not sure I can go so far as to agree, but, as a number of hon. Members on both sides of the ...

The Minister is being very generous with his time; he remembers well what it is like to be on the...

I would say that we are doing a very important thing with today’s legislation, which effectively ...

I have been known to swim against the tide once or twice with regard to this particular debate. I...

I thank my hon. Friend, who is incredibly knowledgeable in this area. I remember discussing my te...

Will the Minister acknowledge that the situation is slightly different in relation to retirement ...

The reason why we extended the timeframe for the introduction of this legislation for those prope...

The Minister is setting out a list of exemptions. Are complex developments included in that—for e...

I am not sure that I completely understand my hon. Friend’s point. The Bill will not change the m...

I am sorry; I should clarify my point. The Minister is quite right that a management company coul...

As I said, the Government’s intention is to ensure that, for fairness, the provision applies in a...

The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill sets ground rents on new leasehold homes to peppercorn le...

I have been struck by the way that two houses, next door to each other, may be exactly the same, ...

My good and hon. Friend makes an extremely well-made point. The practice of new homes being built...

Does my hon. Friend share my concern that this has got so out of hand? The amounts being charged ...

Absolutely. My hon. Friend makes a really good point. People are trapped in this situation, becau...

Does this not give rise to an extraordinary question about the legal advice provided by solicitor...

I am glad the right hon. Gentleman raises that point, because I am sure colleagues around the Hou...

Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?

I will first try to answer it, and then when I do not answer it very well, I will give way to my ...

My hon. Friend has in many ways made the point I was going to make. These people were often first...

Absolutely; my right hon. Friend makes a very good point as well. Many people, especially first-t...

On legal advice, it is worth pointing out that not only were some people told that they had to us...

My hon. Friend makes an excellent point, and there is a very strong basis for a wider mis-selling...

Will my hon. Friend give way?

I will, because my right hon. Friend is an expert on this issue.

To list just a few examples that I have come across, some leaseholders who—in theory—own a house ...

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right and he gives good examples, some of which I was going to...

It will come as no surprise to right hon. and hon. Members to hear that I strongly support the Bi...

I am very encouraged to hear that my right hon. Friend is so forward-looking on this matter. May ...

It would not be for me to revisit that even if we wanted to. The purpose of that legislation, whi...

rose—

I will make progress, if my right hon. Friend does not mind.

The Bill was born out of two i...

I agree fully with that point. As the right hon. Gentleman said, this practice had largely gone a...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right; I do not disagree in any way. The north-west was pa...

I appreciate the work that the right hon. Gentleman has done to try to get the right balance and ...

I think it should be kept under review, like any permitted development. As we have seen with past...

Will my right hon. Friend give way?

I will, but I appreciate that many other hon. Members want to speak.

As I do!

It would be quite unlawful for the capital cost of the communal areas in a retirem...

My right hon. Friend gets to the nub of the issue. The debate, exactly as he says, was whether it...

Let me first put it on record that, alongside the hon. Members for Worthing West (Sir Peter Botto...

My hon. Friend is making an important speech and he has hit on a number of central issues, partic...

My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. There is clearly an imbalance. We have already talked ...

My hon. Friend has mentioned management fees, which I see as the next scandal coming down the roa...

I thank my right hon. Friend and neighbour for his intervention, which leads me beautifully into ...

The hon. Gentleman is making a good point about what is referred to as “fleecehold.” Does he agre...

That is a fair point in theory, but I find it does not happen in practice. I have estates in my c...

I am grateful for the advice my hon. Friend has given to me and my constituents on this matter, a...

My hon. Friend and constituency neighbour makes the point well. It all points to the lack of capa...

I have had the nub of my argument with my right hon. Friend the Member for Newark (Robert Jenrick...

It is a pleasure to speak in tonight’s debate. I wish not only to address a number of issues that...

I totally agree with my hon. Friend. Quite often, the moment the developers sell the last propert...

My right hon. Friend makes an excellent point. There should be much stricter rules on this issue,...

My hon. Friend is making some incredibly important points. I have parallels in my constituency, a...

I thank my hon. Friend for his intervention, because he shows that there is a wider issue with th...

I refer to my declaration in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests, which includes an inve...

My right hon. Friend is making an important point. Would the code of conduct to which she refers—...

We would certainly need a cap, and the sort of levels that my hon. Friend mentions sound reasonab...

I appreciate that the right hon. Lady wishes to make a point about the importance of shared owner...

The fact that English property law is unique does not necessarily mean that it is wrong, but I ac...

Let me say to my hon. Friend the Minister how much I think everyone across this House supports hi...

I am delighted to speak in support of this Bill. I have one or two points to raise, but in genera...

I share a lot of the hon. Lady’s concerns about what her constituents are experiencing. Many thou...

I wonder whether that is part of the main course that is coming up. I am not sure; we will see, I...

It is a pleasure to speak after my former colleague in the Cabinet Office, my hon. Friend the Mem...

I absolutely appreciate the difficulties that the hon. Gentleman is outlining, including indeed i...

The hon. Gentleman makes some good points and I am not saying that in certain circumstances commo...

Yet it is done in every other country in the world—is that not the point? I share my hon. Friend’...

My right hon. Friend raises a good point and has an advantage over me as I do not know in depth h...

This is a Bill not for the many but just for the new leaseholders. Ministers have now heard the s...

I thank the Front Benchers from the official Opposition for their support for the Bill. I am grat...

The case for an amendment—I thank the Minister for his guidance in that respect—on the retirement...

I am grateful to my right hon. Friend; he is not so much an ornament as an energetic battery in t...

On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. No Minister came to this House today to address the appal...

I thank the hon. Member for giving notice of his point of order. He mentions a number of areas in...