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HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for North East Bedfordshire and the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich for tabling their amendments. I share their basic conceptual…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 (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 101, in schedule 7, page 124, line 19, leave out paragraph (c) and insert— “(c) a lease enfranchisement notice or lease extension notice which relates to…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)Amendment 52 amends clause 39(9) of the Bill to clarify that any payment by a commonhold unit owner to a commonhold association is not to be regarded as an estate management…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for his amendment. We will resist it for reasons that I will give, and I hope I can reassure him to the extent that he does not seek to push it to a…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)Again, these amendments mostly simplify and clarify the provisions in schedule 7. Amendment 97 provides that in the event that there is a failure to vary the lease in response to…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his point. He tempts me, at this relatively late hour, to get into an extremely important conversation that we will come to in the coming days.…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)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)Clause 40 sets out general limitations with regard to estate management charges. Subsection (1) states: “A charge demanded as an estate management charge is payable…only to the…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 46, in clause 26, page 42, line 19, leave out “, and subsection (2)”. This amendment is consequential on NC6.25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 96, in schedule 7, page 124, line 9, at end insert— “(2A) An order under this paragraph may appoint a person to execute the variation of the lease on…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for the amendment. Again, while I understand and acknowledge the underlying intent behind it, and share his inclination to reduce the cost for…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for the comments and questions from the hon. Members for Greenwich and Woolwich and for Brent North. As they anticipated —I may be becoming too conventional—I will…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his comments. We are sticking with what we have suggested, but I hope he will consider withdrawing his amendment none the less. I will just…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)The amendment is consequential on Government new clause 6, which introduces a requirement for landlords to provide a future demand notice under section 20B of the Landlord and…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful to the hon. Member for tabling the amendment. He is correct that, as with many of these instances, there are balances to be struck. While I will argue for a…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 107, in schedule 7, page 125, line 18, leave out paragraph 10. This is consequential on Amendment 109.25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I, too, do not wish to challenge the patience of my colleague the Whip. There will be people who have existing fixed charges; that should not change. There will also be people who…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is making a number of important points. As it is currently structured, one challenge of n people gets up to £5,000; if it is multiple challenges of one person…25 Jan 2024