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HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister for his response. I am very interested in his response about redress schemes—that is something that we could possibly explore at Report. Just to put things in…14 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]I will take the opportunity, since I have created so much confusion. I thank the Minister for saying that he will go back and see whether it is at least possible to specify some…14 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am really confused by the Government’s approach on this. It seems to be summarised as follows: “Give us this Bill as quickly as possible so that we can take as long as…14 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, this group of amendments is an attempt to ensure that enforcement bodies have sufficient financial long-term sustainability. It also ensures that there are appropriate…14 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]14 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, the definition of rent is an area that requires detailed scrutiny when looking at loopholes during the passage of the Bill. As we heard from the noble Lord, Lord Young…14 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, the debate so far has underlined the urgent need for reform across the entire leasehold sector and has reflected some of the strongly made arguments at Second Reading.…09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]I thank the noble Lord and all Ministers for participating in this part of the discussion. I fully recognise the need for some level of flexibility and that there is a case for…09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, this is a fairly small amendment but may make a big difference for leaseholders. In a way, it is about replicating what I thought was a very successful late-stage…09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]I should just like to ask the Minister to perhaps write to all Members involved in this debate to give a bit more detail about what proportion of pension funds are impacted, given…09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]As in the earlier group, we support the principle of this amendment. I reiterate that the elegant drafting by the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, in the earlier group is the…09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, developing adequate housing stock for an ageing population is a significant challenge for this and future Governments. The work of the noble Lord, Lord Best, and the…09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]I thank the Minister and all noble Lords who spoke in the debate. We have not got to Amendment 13 yet, so I hope we can have a bit more discussion about it in the next group. I…09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]This group has two purposes. The first would be to remove Clause 6 altogether to ensure that informal extensions come under the regulations proposed in the Bill; the second, less…09 Jun 2021HANSARDPublic Service Broadcasting (Communications and Digital Committee Report)My Lords, as a member of this committee, I record my thanks to the noble Lord, Lord Gilbert of Panteg, for steering us through this and more recent reports. I also associate…27 May 2021HANSARDRogue Landlords RegisterGiven the Government’s original estimate that there are well over 10,000 rogue landlords and that there would be 600 banning orders a year—not seven, as is currently the case—and…26 May 2021HANSARDRogue Landlords RegisterTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards introducing a register of rogue landlords; and how many such landlords they have registered.26 May 2021HANSARDSocial HousingDoes the Minister accept that, if house prices rose by 2.1% in April—the highest monthly increase since 2004—making homes more affordable is simply not working? Those 4 million…24 May 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, as many noble Lords have said, this Bill is most welcome. I thank the Minister for the meeting that he held with me last week, but I think all of us would recognise that…24 May 2021