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HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsThat is an interesting point, but the hon. Gentleman will concede that when trying to sell a property with a protected tenancy, the value is usually about 30% below market value.…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsThe hon. Lady is making a good point about holiday homes. Does she concede that section 24, which limits mortgage interest for people who provide homes to the private rented…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsI add my thanks to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Walton (Dan Carden) for bringing forward the debate. He raised some good points at the start of his speech, which we should…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsI am ever so sorry. That is the first time I have done that in seven years in this place. What is being proposed will disadvantage the people the hon. Member for Liverpool,…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsThat is an interesting point. The vast majority of people in the private rented sector are happy with the shorter-term nature of rented accommodation. I wish the hon. Member for…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsI have spoken to every single Government Minister about my opposition to their plans. Section 8 uses a court-based process. It takes around eight months to get somebody out of a…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsMy speech is very much in the context of section 21, in that the end of section 21 will not be the end of such measures. I do not think we should abolish section 21, certainly not…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsLike the hon. Gentleman, I have seen that briefing. That means that in effect somewhere between 20% and 30% of supply might go overnight, or go very quickly, and we have seen that…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsIt is a pleasure, Ms Nokes, to speak with you in the Chair. I realise that when you are in a minority of one, although you are not necessarily wrong, it probably increases the…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsThe hon. Member cites the experience in Scotland, where they have had to introduce rent controls on the back of abolishing section 21; is he advocating that we should adopt rent…25 Oct 2022HANSARD Section 21 EvictionsI appreciate that. The hon. Lady could have made an intervention and I would have responded, but she is absolutely right, and I draw Members’ attention to my entry in the Register…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateI welcome all the measures in the Chancellor’s statement. It is absolutely right that we look for better value for the taxpayer through spending restraints, but will he confirm…17 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe right hon. Lady is making a fantastic speech, and it is always a pleasure to listen to her and to work so closely with her from our respective positions on the Back Benches.…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillI am very supportive of that, as my right hon. Friend knows, but I rise to make another point. He mentioned that putting some friction in the payments system might reduce…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillThe hon. Gentleman makes a very interesting point. We need to clamp down on enablers of all kinds, and we need to get tougher in lots of ways to crack down on this in the way that…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt is a pleasure to speak in this debate and a particular pleasure to speak after the right hon. Member for Barking (Dame Margaret Hodge). She has done incredible work in this…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillLate last year, NatWest was fined £265 million for facilitating money laundering through its UK branches. Sacks of cash, literally, were being taken into NatWest branches. Despite…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy hon. Friend is making a fantastic speech. On that point, I talked about my constituent, Ian Foxley, who was a contractor working overseas. Those sorts of people are not covered…13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Billrose—13 Oct 2022HANSARD Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillIt is very good news that we are moving from a register to a regulator. On the capacity of Companies House to do that, there are around 5 million companies in the UK, with…13 Oct 2022