Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

Let me begin by thanking Members in all parts of the House for their valuable contributions to th...

I would welcome my hon. Friend’s views on that point. What he has said is entirely correct. I hav...

Hear, Hear.

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right, and the support that has just been expressed for her co...

In my constituency, Victoria Avenue (Harvest Grove) Management Company seems to be extorting mone...

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. He makes a very important point about transparency, which is ...

I thank the Minister for his generosity with his time. It is not only companies that are exploiti...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for outlining that issue; I know she has raised it in this place b...

The Minister might anticipate the question I am going to ask, because I have asked it before. It ...

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. As he knows, we have debated the iniquities of Coppen Estate...

The Minister was most accommodating throughout the proceedings in Committee, and we are all grate...

The hon. Gentleman makes an important point, which I know we debated in Committee. He correctly h...

I join my hon. Friend the Member for Brent North (Barry Gardiner) in recognising that this is not...

I am grateful to the hon. Lady, and I know that she feels strongly about this matter and has rais...

I am really grateful for this news from the Minister. It certainly goes a long way towards addres...

I know that my right hon. Friend has campaigned extensively for the ban on leasehold houses, as m...

Commonhold has clearly created a significant amount of interest.

I thank my hon. Friend for giving way, and for what he is saying. There are certain building comp...

My hon. Friend raises an important point. I know that it is covered in an amendment put down by t...

On the point made by the hon. Member for Harrow East (Bob Blackman), Bellway is certainly a compa...

The right hon. Gentleman makes an important point about the need to ensure that this regime works...

On the point about existing contracts that have been signed by people purchasing a leasehold prop...

I hope that I will be able to answer my hon. Friends’ questions in a moment when I run quickly th...

I thank the Minister for giving way again. One problem is that many of these companies encouraged...

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right, which is why I hope that measures such as new claus...

The Minister is talking about the information on houses. Will it also apply to flats so that, bef...

I am focusing on homes, and we have been emphatic and clear that the sale of leasehold homes will...

Can the Minister assist me with a relatively unusual issue in my constituency? I have listened ve...

I am very happy to write to the hon. Gentleman about the specifics.

In addition to the buil...

The Minister is generous in giving way. Can he give us an indication of the timescale? Many Membe...

Although I cannot give the specific assurances that my right hon. Friend seeks, we are trying to ...

My constituent is in a flat with a ground rent of £454 a year. As that is over the £250 threshold...

My right hon. Friend moves me on to my second point. We also recognise the strength of feeling on...

Will the Minister simply remove any opportunity for forfeiture? It is arcane and has no place in ...

The House sees my hon. Friend’s passion, which he demonstrated in Committee and is demonstrating ...

Residents of estates across my constituency are trapped in extortive relationships with unaccount...

The hon. Gentleman made that case in Committee, and I am grateful to him for that and for repeati...

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I will give way one final time and then I will conclude, so that others can get in.

These management companies that the Minister alluded to have a literal monopoly over the resident...

My hon. Friend has been a campaigner for many years on the importance of this matter, and I know ...

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I am going to wind up so as to give others the opportunity to speak. To sum up, property ownershi...

Order. Colleagues will see that a lot of right hon. and hon. Members wish to contribute to this d...

I start by declaring an interest: my wife is the joint chief executive of the Law Commission, who...

The shadow Minister is right that there was a lot of consensus in Committee, so I hope he will no...

I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point, which he made in Committee as well, if I am not mistaken...

Order. I am sure that everybody heard Madam Deputy Speaker’s request for brevity, as a number of ...

I agree with a large part of what the Opposition spokesperson, the hon. Member for Greenwich and ...

It is five years since we produced the Select Committee report on leasehold reform. It came after...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does he agree that part of the problem is that some...

Absolutely. I hope the Minister will have a look at the whole issue of freeholders who will not r...

Let me begin by declaring my interest as an adviser to the HSPG group, which among other things i...

It was 1 December 1998. I had been an MP for one year and seven months to the day, and I was chai...

There are a lot of good things in this Bill. I give credit to the Minister and previous Ministers...

I rise to speak to new clause 3 and amendments 12 to 14. A huge number of new builds have been bu...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Ham (Ms Brown). We share a similar part of th...

I can see that, across the Chamber, there is strong concern for leaseholders who are caught up in...

I rise to speak to new clauses 13, 23 and 41, which stand in my name. I wish to place on record m...

I have nine Members trying to catch my eye, so if people speak for about five minutes, that will ...

I rise to speak to new clause 24, which is in my name. It was also considered in Committee. I am ...

I fully support the Government’s wish to overhaul the antiquated and feudal leasehold system in t...

I rise to speak to new clause 1, which was tabled in my name, and in support of a number of new c...

I draw to the hon. Lady’s attention and that of the Minister the article by Patrick Hosking in Th...

I thank the hon. Gentleman very much for his intervention.

I will conclude by saying that I...

To protect the last six speakers and protect ministerial time as well, there is now a five-minute...

It was a great pleasure to serve on the Public Bill Committee on this Bill. We had a great debate...

I feel for the Minister today, because he must be kicking himself. This is probably one of the fe...

For some of my Chelmsford constituents, these provisions cannot come soon enough. One constituent...

The amendments tabled by the Government —new clauses 30 to 32 in particular—will offer my constit...

I very much welcome the Bill, which addresses the frustrations expressed by a great many leasehol...

Thousands of homeowners in my constituency and millions across the country who face estate manage...

With the leave of the House, let me start by thanking all Members for their contributions to the ...