Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

My Lords, I support Amendments 23 and 24 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews. I can i...

My Lords, I suppose I could say “#UsToo”. I support these amendments, which are simple in purpose...

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Andrews for the collaborative way in which s...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, for her Amendments 23 and 24 on development v...

Could the Minister tell the Committee whether the problem that the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, ...

I do not think that would be a sensible solution, because there might be times when permitted dev...

I am extremely grateful to everyone who has supported the amendment, especially the noble Barones...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

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Moved by

Lord Howard of Rising

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I speak to Amendments 26 and 27 in my name, focusing on the measures in this Bill relating to mar...

My Lords, I am pleased to lend my support to the noble Lord, Lord Howard, and have put my name to...

My Lords, it is a privilege to speak after the noble Baroness, with her depth of knowledge about ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a long-standing leaseholder, as I have done before. I support ...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Truscott, explained very well what I would have liked to say, so “...

My Lords, I remind the noble Baroness, in light of what she has just said, that it was in this pl...

My Lords, I support each of the three amendments in this group. I was going to say that the amend...

My Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, I come to this from a professional viewpoint. I am...

My Lords, the debate on this group of amendments has taken an interesting turn. I was not expecti...

I am very grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. If there is any suggestion that I have b...

There was, of course, no mention of or reference to any noble Lord in this Chamber. It was a gene...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way. In the case of infrastructure, it is certainl...

I thank the noble Lord for his intervention. To me, the issue here is quite simple. We expect lea...

I take the noble Baroness’s point about things changing, but I ask her to cast her mind back—alth...

I thank the noble Earl for that intervention, because he is right in many cases. I am not a lawye...

My Lords, this has been a more wide-ranging debate than was anticipated at the beginning of the g...

My Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Howard and Lord Moylan for their amendments in this group...

I am grateful to the Minister for those comments. It reminds me that in the case of the 1925 legi...

I do not think that I will comment on that from the Dispatch Box, but the noble Baroness is absol...

I thank the Minister for her comments. On human rights, I neither supported nor did not support t...

I suggest that one of the problems is that those who buy cars under hire purchase do not think th...

Sorry, but when you buy a car under hire purchase, you buy it that way: that is why it is called ...

Moved by

The Lord Bishop of Manchester

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My Lords, while I thoroughly enjoyed that previous group, I hope this one will not prove quite so...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester, and I h...

My Lords, I want to pay tribute to Campden Charities, as I am a beneficiary of the activities of ...

My Lords, it is not on the list but I did put my name to this amendment and I am very keen to sup...

My Lords, I am very pleased to be able to speak to this amendment and very grateful to the right ...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. Can he explain what the word “inalienable” actual...

I believe it means that it cannot be disposed of away from the purposes of the charity. I am not ...

My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester for drawing our attention t...

My Lords, this debate has again outlined what a huge benefit it would be to have proper, detailed...

My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester, and my noble—and actual—fr...

Before my noble friend sits down, perhaps I may address a point he made earlier which was made al...

Obviously, I completely respect my noble friend, but I think I have answered that point.

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, which has been somewhat les...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

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Moved by

Lord Borwick

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My Lords, I first declare my interest in my home, which is a long-leasehold property in London. I...

My Lords, I rise to support, in general, the principle of what my noble friend Lord Borwick has s...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Borwick for allowing what I hope will be a short ...

My Lords, for me, this is a very technical set of amendments, but they are very important. As we ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 42 in the name of my noble friend Lady Taylor of Stevenage, w...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, and my noble friend Lord Borwick for Amendment...

Does my noble friend the Minister have a moment to give a response to my query about whether the ...

I reiterate that this is why we would like the Secretary of State to be involved because it is co...

I am sorry to interrupt my noble friend again. One of the problems I see with this is the great d...

My noble friend is absolutely right, and that is why we have not made this decision. We want to g...

My Lords, I thank everybody for their constructive points and for the education that I have recei...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

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My Lords, we welcome the new costs regime provided for by provisions in the Bill, because, as thi...

My Lords, when we started the debate today, I felt like I was wading in mud. I feel I am still in...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, for her Amendments 47 and 48, which seek to re...

I thank the noble Lord for that reply to my amendments. I am grateful for his reassurance about t...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

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Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

50: Schedule 8, page 196, line 17, leave out “para...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

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