Parliamentary search - Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

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Parliamentary proceeding

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837 cc1706-1782

Session

2023-24

Department

Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

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Committee stage

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House of Lords chamber

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill 2023-24. Brought from the Commons
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
Bills
House of Lords

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee sixteenth report
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
Parliamentary committees
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 837 c1707 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

64: After Clause 50, insert the following new C...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 837 cc1707-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the amendments in this group concentrate on yet another aspect of the regime that fleec...

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Baroness Finn | 837 cc1709-1711 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor. I shall speak to Amendments...

Baroness Thornhill | 837 cc1710-3 (Link to this contribution)

I am pleased to say the good news is that we are all on the same page in this regard. The noble B...

Earl of Lytton | 837 cc1713-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the themes that have been touched on by the three noble Baronesses who have spoken to t...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 cc1714-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their various amendments on the freehold estates and for the th...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 837 c1717 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I listened carefully to the Minister’s response, and I am grateful to her for going thr...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 c1718 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

66: Clause 51, page 59, line 15, leave out “as fol...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 cc1718-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will now speak to Amendments 66, 68 and 70 in my name. I start by noting that I fully...

Earl of Lytton | 837 cc1719-1722 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I do not think I am actually the next in line to speak on this, but I have Amendments 7...

Lord Gascoigne | 837 c1722 (Link to this contribution)

Time.

Earl of Lytton | 837 c1722 (Link to this contribution)

I will be very brief. Some of the costs that have arisen are as a result of Fire Safety Act and B...

Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb | 837 cc1722-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the number of amendments discussed today highlights just how many issues there are with...

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 837 cc1723-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my main focus so far has been boosting leaseholder control over service charges by remo...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 837 cc1724-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 78 is about one part of service charges that sometimes gets neglected: the la...

Lord Thurlow | 837 c1727 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, on his high-speed gallop through a large nu...

Baroness Thornhill | 837 cc1727-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 77 and make a few brief comments on other amendments. Amen...

Lord Khan of Burnley | 837 cc1729-1732 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 67, 69, 76, 78I and 78J, in the name of my noble friend L...

Baroness Thornhill | 837 c1732 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before the noble Baroness takes the Dispatch Box, I apologise to the Committee and to t...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 cc1732-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise in advance for the length of my response. This is a large group so I might ...

Lord Khan of Burnley | 837 c1736 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I know that the Minister has been speaking for a while, but I want to press her on this...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 c1736 (Link to this contribution)

We debated ground rents last week, and I do not have anything to add. If there are any changes to...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 cc1736-1740 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

68: Clause 51, page 60, line 19, at end insert—

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 c1740 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

70: Clause 53, page 62, line 28, leave out “the La...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 cc1740-1 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

71: Clause 54, page 63, line 21, leave out paragra...

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 837 c1742 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Bailey of Paddington

76A: Clause 56, page 67, line 38, leave out subsec...

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 837 cc1742-3 (Link to this contribution)

At Second Reading, I said that leaseholders should not be expected to become serial litigators in...

Baroness Thornhill | 837 c1743 (Link to this contribution)

We fully understand the passion expressed by the noble Lord, Lord Bailey of Paddington, about cri...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 837 cc1743-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bailey, for his passion on this matter, as the noble Baron...

Lord Gascoigne | 837 c1744 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my noble friend Lord Bailey of Paddington for Amendment 76A, which seeks to retain the ex...

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 837 c1744 (Link to this contribution)

In regard to the cost of leaseholders bringing a case, people are now using modern technology, su...

Lord Gascoigne | 837 cc1744-5 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to my noble friend. I will address the rest of the issues, and hopefully I wil...

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 837 c1745 (Link to this contribution)

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 837 c1745 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Bailey of Paddington

79: Clause 57, page 70, line 10, at end insert—

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 837 cc1745-6 (Link to this contribution)

A lot of the Bill relies on secondary legislation coming through at a later date, meaning that we...

Lord Ashton of Hyde | 837 c1747 (Link to this contribution)

Does the noble Lord wish to move his amendment?

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 837 c1747 (Link to this contribution)

I beg to move. Excuse me—I am dyslexic, and procedure is massively hard for me. One day I will ge...

Baroness Thornhill | 837 cc1747-8 (Link to this contribution)

The problem is evident and not disputed, but the solutions are clearly debatable.

We suppor...

Lord Moylan | 837 cc1748-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I had assumed that the noble Baroness had risen to speak to the amendment standing in t...

Lord Khan of Burnley | 837 cc1749-1750 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bailey of Paddington, for introducing this group, setting ...

Lord Gascoigne | 837 cc1750-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Bailey of Paddington and Lord Moylan, and the noble Baron...

Lord Moylan | 837 c1752 (Link to this contribution)

It is unsatisfactory if this is to be left to secondary legislation. Bearing in mind that the dir...

Lord Gascoigne | 837 cc1752-4 (Link to this contribution)

I will have to pick that up at a later date. There are a number of variables in that circumstance...

Lord Moylan | 837 c1754 (Link to this contribution)

May I ask the indulgence of the Committee? I should have declared when I spoke—as I did earlier i...

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 837 c1754 (Link to this contribution)

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Earl of Lytton | 837 c1755 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

The Earl of Lytton

82C: After Clause 65, insert the following new Clause—

Earl of Lytton | 837 cc1755-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I move Amendment 82C and will speak to Amendments 82D to 82M standing in my name. These...

Lord Foster of Bath | 837 cc1759-1760 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 95A. The Long Title of the Bill is very clear. It includes th...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 837 cc1760-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my Amendment 104 is very much part of the amendments I have—both today and on other day...

Baroness Thornhill | 837 cc1762-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I admire the persistence of my noble friend Lord Foster of Bath in his indefatigable pu...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 837 cc1763-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak to our Amendment 103, and comment on others in this group. I thank the no...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 cc1765-7 (Link to this contribution)

I thank noble Lords for their various amendments on building safety and for the debate. I will re...

Earl of Lytton | 837 c1767 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is my privilege to thank all noble Lords for their contributions to the debate on th...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 c1767 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

83: Schedule 10, page 227, line 11, leave out “sub...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 837 c1768 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Fox of Buckley

84: After Clause 69, insert the following new Clause...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 837 cc1768-1771 (Link to this contribution)

Last week, after I spoke in the debate, I received a message from someone I know quite well. It s...

Baroness Thornhill | 837 cc1771-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 84, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley. There i...

Lord Khan of Burnley | 837 c1772 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise briefly to thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, for introducing Amendm...

Lord Gascoigne | 837 cc1772-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, for her Amendment 84, which seeks to e...

Lord Bailey of Paddington | 837 c1773 (Link to this contribution)

Is my noble friend the Minister comfortable that that information is freely distributed? It would...

Lord Gascoigne | 837 c1773 (Link to this contribution)

My noble friend asks for clarity. I can completely understand some of the circumstances that peop...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 837 c1773 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the proposed new clause is totally necessary—I disagree with the Minister on that—but I...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 837 c1774 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Fox of Buckley

85: After Clause 69, insert the following new Clause...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 837 cc1774-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am bored of my own voice, too, so bear with me. It is just that I think that this is ...

Lord Best | 837 cc1777-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 85 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox. This amendment call...

Baroness Thornhill | 837 c1779 (Link to this contribution)

In the interests of time, I shall be very brief. I agree with much that has been said by the nobl...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 837 c1779 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, that this will not finally be resolved...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 cc1779-1780 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, for her Amendment 85, which seeks to c...

Baroness Fox of Buckley | 837 cc1780-1 (Link to this contribution)

Briefly, I thank those who have spoken, as it is the last group of the day. The noble Baroness, L...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 c1781 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

88: Clause 77, page 97, line 6, leave out “provide...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 837 cc1781-2 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

90: Clause 81, page 100, line 25, at end insert—

Notes

Welsh legislative consent sought.

Subjects

Disclosure of information

Appeals

Conservation

Construction

Enforcement

Energy

Leasehold

Insurance

Legal costs

Freehold

Landlords

Housing estates

Older people

Marketing

Private prosecutions

Unadopted roads

Standards

Regulation

Safety

Repairs and maintenance

Service charges

Right to manage companies

Legislation

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill 2023-24

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