I take the noble Baroness’s point about things changing, but I ask her to cast her mind back—although she was not there at the time, any more than I was—to the great reforms in the Law of Property Act 1925. There was a big discussion about all sorts of matters to do with tenure and getting rid of things such as entails, and modernising the system. If we are to make a seismic change—and I think this Bill will produce something of a wobble—there ought to have been that big discussion about the fundamentals of property law. Does the noble Baroness not agree that, instead of tinkering around piecemeal with this and trying to shoehorn it into the unfortunate focal point of leasehold reform and the balance between leasehold and freehold, that discussion should have taken place first?
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Earl of Lytton
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 24 April 2024.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill.
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