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HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)There is good news and bad news, Mr Efford. The good news is that I am content to withdraw amendments 135, 137, 154, 155, 136, 156, 157 and 138, but I wish to press amendments…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)The Minister has yet again confirmed his reputation for being reasonable. Can I probe him on the point about reasonableness? Many leaseholders complain that there is an amount in…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)Fine. In that case, let me speak to new clause 41, which “precludes a landlord from operating as an appointed representative under the licence of broker, where the landlord has no…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)Amendment 131 would enable leaseholders to withhold service charge payments where the landlord has failed to comply with their obligation to provide a written statement of account…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his response; he is courteous, as ever. I just point out that the all-party group on leasehold and commonhold reform, co-chaired by the Father of…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for what he has said, but the strongest protection would be to have it on the face of the Bill. Even when it was on the face of the 2002 Act, the…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister, because it is really good to know that he will consider those points further. Let me therefore make a suggestion: if the tribunal were given powers…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)Oh yes, I was intervening.25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I think the Minister referred to section 47 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987. Is he entirely confident that that is effective? I have a case in my constituency, in Wembley…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)Does the Minister appreciate that that could lead to a situation in which we are multiplying challenges unnecessarily?25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 131, in clause 28, page 44, line 34, at end insert— “(4A) Any of the contributing tenants, or the sole contributing tenant, may withhold payment of a…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 129, in clause 22, page 38, line 21, leave out “50%” and insert “75%”. This amendment would allow leaseholders with a higher proportion of commercial or…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)Does my hon. Friend share my view that the Minister is a reasonable gentleman? [ Laughter. ] I know it may be specific to us and not widely shared. My hon. Friend having made such…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I agree with all the points that the hon. Lady is making. I wonder whether she is aware of the report by Hamptons last year, which said that service charges had increased by 50%…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)If the Minister casts his mind forward to the next two amendments, which seek to give the Secretary of State the authority to determine the limit, and should the Minister indicate…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 130, in clause 28, page 44, line 17, at end insert— “(iii) a statement of all transactions relating to any sinking fund or reserve fund.” This amendment…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I will press the amendment to a vote because I think it is important that we have it on the record.25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)First of all, let me say what this is not about: it is not about enfranchisement. It is quite simply about the right to manage. I say that because a few days ago, a journalist got…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fifth sitting)I rise to support amendment 1. My hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich made an excellent speech in favour of it, and he is right to distinguish between this clause,…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fifth sitting)Is my hon. Friend as surprised as I was to find that a 133-page Bill has a 102-page amendment paper? As he says, this came late. It is not just Opposition Members who mind; it is…23 Jan 2024