Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 12 and its consequential Amendments 7, 8, 17, 22 and 23. Thei...

My Lords, I shall speak in particular about Amendment 1, and the consequential amendments tabled ...

My Lords, I apologise that I was not able to take part at Second Reading. Some of your Lordships ...

I call the next speaker, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern. Lord Mackay, could...

My Lords, the debate so far has underlined the urgent need for reform across the entire leasehold...

Before I call the noble Lord, Lord Lennie, I will return to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mack...

I am glad to say that I have managed to unmute with the help of the host.

I very much suppo...

My Lords, it was certainly worth waiting for the speech of the noble and learned Lord, Lord Macka...

My Lords, we have heard a great deal today about the difficulties facing some existing leaseholde...

I have received a request to speak after the Minister from the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham....

I am very grateful to the Minister for his reply. I press him on what he said right at the end ab...

My Lords, we want to move as speedily as possible but, as I stated in my reply, we do not want to...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in this debate. I feel rather gu...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

3: Clause 2, page 1, line 22, leave out paragraph (b)<...

My Lords, Amendment 3 in my name is designed to shed light on what the Government mean by premise...

I call the next speaker, the noble and learned Lord, Lord Mackay of Clashfern. Lord Mackay, could...

My Lords, I am of the same view as my noble friend Lord Young of Cookham about the difficulty of ...

My Lords, I will simply support the carefully presented argument from the noble Lord, Lord Young,...

The purpose of the amendment is to probe the application of the Bill where premises are part busi...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their time on this issue, particularly the noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who have taken part in this short debate. I welcome what the...

Moved by

Lord Best

4: Clause 2, page 3, line 7, at end insert—

“Retirement home...

My Lords, I thank the Homes for Later Living group for its briefing on the issues that I shall ra...

My Lords, I very much admire the detailed knowledge that the noble Lord, Lord Best, has of this a...

My Lords, I too pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Best. I am in my 80s and, from talking among ...

My Lords, developing adequate housing stock for an ageing population is a significant challenge f...

My Lords, the welcome provisions of this Bill will not apply to retirement properties until at le...

My Lords, I start by addressing the point about age. It is great to hear from my noble friend Lor...

My Lords, I am grateful for all the contributions to the debate on the amendment. Perhaps I may r...

Moved by

Lord Mackay of Clashfern

5: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, this is an amendment on the principles that my noble friend Lord Young of Cookham expla...

As in the earlier group, we support the principle of this amendment. I reiterate that the elegant...

My Lords, this amendment returns the debate to the question of existing leaseholders and appears ...

My Lords, I spoke earlier about the Competition and Markets Authority investigation into potentia...

I have received one request to speak after the Minister from the noble Baroness, Lady Grender.