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HANSARD Teesworks Joint VentureI am grateful to the hon. Lady; I have the greatest respect for her, and she provides immensely important contributions in this place. But she will recognise, I hope, when we move…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Teesworks Joint VentureI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his valiant attempt to try to move the discussion on. The basic facts are that Opposition Front-Bench Members asked for a review, and they…29 Jan 2024HANSARD Teesworks Joint VentureThe hon. Gentleman, again, is inferring continued corruption. This report said—29 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the hon. Members for Brent North and for Greenwich and Woolwich for their amendments. Amendment 131, in the name of the hon. Member for Brent North, seeks to enable…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)Sadly, I confess to not having that knowledge from back when I was at university; I probably was not studying the right things. I appreciate the point from my hon. Friend the…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)Thank you, Mr Efford. Would my hon. Friend the Member for Redditch like to intervene on me?25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for his amendment. When I was a councillor in a location not too far away from him a number of years ago, I had similar experiences with the…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)Schedule 7 will confer on leaseholders a right to buy out their ground rent without extending their lease. As the premium payable will be subject to the 0.1% cap on ground rent,…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that point. She is absolutely right that this matter is important to a number of people, and that it is important that we provide the…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for the comments from the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich, and for his amendment. I will say a few words in general before turning to some of his specific…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)These amendments concern the provisions of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 as they apply to the right. Previously, provisions applying to ground rent…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)Service charge demands are one of the most important ways in which leaseholders receive information from their landlord, as we have been discussing. Under current arrangements,…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)Again, these amendments mostly simplify and clarify the provisions in schedule 7. Amendment 101 provides that where a leaseholder has made a ground rent buy-out claim but, before…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I recognise that in some instance it is an incredibly frustrating process to go through. As I know the hon. Gentleman will appreciate, this is a pretty technical element of…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. Member for his amendment. Even though I will not be accepting it today, it raises an important question and he is right to allow us to debate it. We absolutely…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 105, in schedule 7, page 125, line 16, at end insert— “ Tenant’s liability for costs 9A (1) A tenant is not liable for any costs incurred by any other…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that point. He articulates another example of good law being used in a way that is, in my view—without talking about individual…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)Again, these amendments mostly simplify and clarify the provisions in schedule 7. Amendment 89 will require the new third parties referred to in amendment 79 to join in any…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 89, in schedule 7, page 123, line 12, after “tenant” insert “, and any other party to the qualifying lease,”. This requires any third parties to a lease to…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 95, in schedule 7, page 123, line 43, at end insert— “ Reduction of rent under intermediate leases 7A (1) This paragraph applies if, at the time when a…25 Jan 2024