Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill

My Lords, Amendment 9 in my name would ensure that, when a building has more than 25% of commerci...

I thank my noble friend Lord Howard of Rising for Amendment 9 on enfranchisement claims in mixed-...

I am not sure that what the Minister said would not apply even if my amendment did not pass. Does...

With respect to my noble friend, I thought I addressed the points. Introducing this measure would...

Yes, but complications exist now, and therefore it is unnecessary to go as far as the new Bill do...

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

10: Schedule 4, page 159, line 6, leave out from “continue” t...

Moved by

Lord Howard of Rising

13: Schedule 4, page 160, line 6, after “Schedule” ins...

My Lords, I will speak to the group of amendments in my name, Amendments 13, 15, 19, 23, 24, 25, ...

My Lords, this is the first time I have taken part in the debates on this Bill so I should state,...

My Lords, I say in support of my noble friend Lord Robathan, having once lived in a flat where th...

My Lords, perhaps I might get up for just a moment to express extreme disquiet about this Bill an...

My Lords, given the fact I have not spoken before on this matter, I again draw attention to my re...

My Lords, the noble Lords, Lord Hintze and Lord Robathan, both made the point that there had not ...

I am grateful to the noble Baroness for giving way, but she said in her earlier speech that she w...

The context of my point about clarity was slightly different.

Anyway, the final thing is th...

Before the noble Baroness sits down, I hope she can appreciate that it is perfectly possible to a...

It is very fashionable to say “I am not a lawyer”, but lots of lawyers who work in property and h...

I thank my noble friends Lord Howard of Rising and Lord Moylan for their amendments, and all who ...

Could the Minister just respond to what my noble friend Lord Howard of Rising said? Supposing I a...

I would certainly be happy to defend this Bill and what it does. I therefore ask my noble friend ...

I thank all those who were kind enough to support this amendment. The Minister talked about adequ...

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

14: Schedule 4, page 160, line 23, leave out from “if” to end...

Moved by

Lord Howard of Rising

16: Schedule 4, page 162, line 41, at end insert—

My Lords, Amendments 16 to 18 in my name seek to ensure that the approach taken towards marriage ...

My Lords, briefly, I support my noble friend Lord Howard of Rising’s amendment. It is important t...

I thank my noble friends Lord Howard of Rising and Lord Moylan for these amendments. They lay som...

I thank the Minister. We touched on this before. The Minister said that this is compliant with th...

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

18: Schedule 4, page 163, line 28, leave out from “that” to e...

Moved by

The Lord Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham

20: Schedule 4, page 164, line 1...

My Lords, I will speak to both amendments in my name. I declare my interest as a beneficiary of t...

My Lords, I apologise for not previously intervening on this Bill. I have no leasehold interests ...

My Lords, I listened with great interest to the right reverend Prelate. Worthy though charities a...

I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham for these amendments an...

I thank the Minister for his answer. I will keep this brief. I thank the charities concerned and ...

Moved by

Lord Howard of Rising

21: Schedule 4, page 164, line 15, at end insert “, bu...

My Lords, Amendments 21 and 22 in my name seek to provide a means to ensure an orderly phasing ou...

My Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Howard of Rising and Lord Moylan for their amendments. Th...

Well, I would say to the Minister that people who have leases of under 80 years bought them. They...

The Minister has already spoken. He has sat down.

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

26: Schedule 4, page 166, line 30, at end insert—

“(4A)...

Moved by

Lord Moylan

29: Schedule 4, page 168, line 31, leave out sub-paragraphs (3) ...

My Lords, there has been a number of groups concerning marriage value and I have not spoken in th...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend—if I can still call him that—Lord Moylan for these amendments. ...

My Lords, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Moylan

31: Schedule 4, page 170, line 35, leave out sub-paragraphs (8) ...

My Lords, again, I will be brief. The question of deferment rates was raised by the right reveren...

My Lords, I support Amendment 37 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan. As he has made clear...

My Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Moylan and Lord Howard of Rising for their amendments, an...

My Lords, I omitted to say what I should have said: of course, my noble friend, who has been a fr...

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

38: Schedule 6, page 179, line 26, before first “Schedule” in...

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

41: Schedule 6, page 180, line 37, leave out from “date”” to ...

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

42: Schedule 8, page 196, line 10, at end insert—

“(3A)...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

44: After Clause 46, insert the following new Clause—<...

My Lords, this will give my noble friends Lord Moylan and Lord Howard an opportunity to catch the...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, also drew attention to the lack of a clause in the Bill t...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 51 and 52. I will not rehearse the arguments that I made in ...

I will speak in support of my Amendment 66. In doing so, I remind the House of my interest as a l...

I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Young of Cookham for giving me a breather. I entirely agree...

I think the noble Lord misunderstood to a certain extent what I was saying. Forfeiture actually h...

Forfeiture is regularly used as a threatening tool so, although it does not land in court all the...

My Lords, these are very welcome amendments that try to address two of the problems I referred to...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions in this group. I thank my noble friends...

I am grateful to my noble friend for responding to the debate and to all those who took part, par...

Moved by

Lord Moylan

49: After Clause 51, insert the following new Clause—

“Rig...

My Lords, this amendment relates to a very narrow point, which I will therefore try to deal with ...

My Amendment 50 seeks to bring down the onerous 50% participation threshold to 35%, so that many ...

I thank my noble friend Lord Moylan for Amendment 49 on the right to manage and local authorities...

If I may interrupt, I simply asked my noble friend for clarity. Is he now saying that the class o...

As ever, I am grateful for the points my noble friend has made. I think it is as I have described...

My Lords, there is no better illustration of the sheer folly of trying to deal with this complex ...

Moved by

Lord Moylan

53: Clause 61, page 78, line 27, at end insert—

“(1A) Subs...

My Lords, this amendment relates to the question of the ability of right-to-manage companies and ...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Moylan for his amendment to Clause 61. The Government have...

My Lords, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

54: Clause 61, page 79, line 20, at end insert—

“(6A) S...

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

59: Clause 84, page 104, line 4, at end insert—

“(5) A ...

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

60: Clause 88, page 106, line 5, leave out “by the Secretary ...

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

61: Clause 91, page 108, line 39, leave out “by the Secretary...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

62: After Clause 109, insert the following new Clause—...

My Lords, I hear the bell ringing as we enter the last lap. This amendment is also in the names o...

My Lords, I speak to my Amendment 67. When Parliament passed the Building Safety Act 2022, there ...

My Lords, we are really close to the end. This is a very similar amendment to one that I proposed...

My Lords, we on these Benches totally support Amendments 62 and 63 in the name of the noble Lord,...

My Lords, I will, very briefly, just add our support for Amendments 62, 63 and 67. The noble Lord...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Best, the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, and my noble friends Lord Bai...

My Lords, I am grateful to all those who took part in this decade. I want to pick up a point rais...

Moved by

Lord Gascoigne

64: Clause 110, page 124, leave out line 23 and insert—