Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

My Lords, I wish to address the issue of forfeiture and support Amendment 55 in the name of the n...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 55, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of...

The problem is that, if you try to enforce a lease, what is your route? The only other route woul...

I thank the noble Lord for expanding on that.

It would be interesting to hear from the Mini...

I support this amendment. Although in his intervention the noble Lord talked about how to control...

To clarify, I said specifically that people should not have their leases forfeited as a result of...

There are ways and means within our court system to reclaim any money that may be owed to the fre...

I am not talking about freeholders taking action against other leaseholders; I am talking about h...

It would be extraordinary, though possible, if fellow leaseholders could invoke forfeiture but th...

My Lords, first, I declare a number of interests to the House. I am a vice-president of the Local...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, for her amendments in this group, which seek t...

The number of cases will not indicate the use of forfeiture, because forfeiture is wielded as a f...

I have said that it is not the right way of doing it, and we want a different way. That is exactl...

My Lords, before the Minister sits down, most of what she said was very welcome. The acceptance t...

My Lords, I thought the Committee was probably fed up with me saying that I am always very happy ...

I am not saying they are not positive. At the end of the day, to make progress we need a governme...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for su...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

56: Before Schedule 9, insert the following new Sc...

Moved by

Lord Khan of Burnley

57: Schedule 9, page 204, line 15, leave out sub-paragr...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 57 in the name of my noble friend Lady Taylor of Stevenage. S...

My Lords, I support Amendment 57 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage. As ...

My Lords, I will speak to government Amendments 58 and 59 in my name. Government Amendment 59 cha...

My Lords, I rise very briefly to thank the Minister for her response. I appreciate the comments m...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

58: Schedule 9, page 212, line 22, at beginning in...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

60: Clause 48, page 57, leave out from line 23 ...

My Lords, our amendment in this group refers to the fact that the Bill currently makes an excepti...

My Lords, it is a privilege to speak after the noble Baroness. I will come to answering her quest...

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 65A and 65B. The Government should be applauded for their...

My Lords, I have asked to speak to the amendments in this group, which is a bit shorter than it w...

My Lords—

I hesitated and thought about cutting that bit out, but go on.

The noble Baroness could not expect to get away with that. Any attempt to cast me as a as a poodl...

My comments were not about right to manage. That was a good segue into another short speech by th...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, for Amendment 60, which would lea...

My Lords, I have some familiarity with the Housing Act 1985 from my time in local government. I a...

We believe this is the correct way of doing it. I would be very happy to meet my noble friend to ...

I have heard what my noble friend the Minister has had to say and I am minded to do as she asks—i...

I will be very happy to spend a week in here so that noble Lords can come in and out and speak to...

My Lords, it was not that I do not like transparency. I agree with my noble friend that transpare...

I thank my noble friend for that but, for the reasons I have put forward, I kindly ask him not to...

My Lords, I am grateful, as ever, to the Minister for her responses. It seems she is going to be ...

Moved by

Baroness Pinnock

63: After Clause 50, insert the following new Clause—