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HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments. I accept the point that we need to get as much of that information to members of the Committee, the House and the public as…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Gentleman tempts me to go into hypotheticals. Let me at least dip my toe into that for a moment. Let us take some of the potential outcomes of the consultation discussed…23 Jan 2024HANSARDRevised National Planning FrameworkI will certainly take that point away, but I hope the right hon. Gentleman will accept that there always a balance about what to put in primary legislation. The law cannot mandate…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 44, in clause 21, page 38, line 16, leave out “a peppercorn rent is payable” and substitute “the whole or part of the rent payable becomes and will remain…23 Jan 2024HANSARDRevised National Planning FrameworkI am absolutely certain that there will be more cases for exceptional circumstances put forward in the future, and I encourage councils to consider them if they believe that they…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)I will briefly address those points. I understand the broad point made by the hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich. If we need to look at specific areas in more detail, I would…23 Jan 2024HANSARDRevised National Planning FrameworkI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her comments. Many colleagues in the House will have experienced solar farms, both on a constituency basis and from a national policy…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)I will take 10 seconds to try to convince the hon. Gentleman not to do that, although I might be unsuccessful. On the ability to set these rates at a greater frequency, it is…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Gentleman is articulating his argument with passion, as he did last week on a similar point in some of the witness sessions. I reconfirm to the Committee that we seek to…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fifth sitting)As we considered regarding clause 4, schedule 1 repeals blockers to enfranchisement claims. The schedule repeals blockers that enable landlords to block claims for lease…23 Jan 2024HANSARDRevised National Planning FrameworkMy right hon. Friend highlights a continuing challenge with the local plan-making process where other actors have issues and considerations. The planning system will never be…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)I hope to clarify that issue for my hon. Friend in the next few minutes. If I am unable to do so, I will write to him. New clause 7 seeks to go a step further in blocking the…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 29, in clause 12, page 15, line 6, at end insert— “(8) See also sections 20CA and 20J of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, which prevent costs in…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)These amendments will address the division between landlords of a lease extension premium following the use of a new right to commute—that is, reduce—their intermediate rents. We…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)New clause 7 is a key amendment to close a loophole that landlords could potentially use to recoup process costs from tenants via variable service charges. These are costs to…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 70, in schedule 2, page 101, line 5, at end insert “, or (c) the person is the landlord under a lease which is varied under paragraph 12A of Schedule 1 to…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)Amendment 60 disapplies the standard valuation method in cases where the freehold of a shared ownership house is being acquired. In general, shared ownership properties are…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 60, in schedule 2, page 90, line 28, at end insert— “Acquisition of a freehold house under the LRA 1967: shared ownership leases 10A (1) This paragraph…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Sixth sitting)It is as if we have all the emotions in an all-encompassing and unexpectedly interesting post-lunch debate. Let me try to summarise as quickly as I can. I am grateful for…23 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fifth sitting)I beg to move amendment 57, in schedule 1, page 82, line 16, at end insert— “Exception to enfranchisement for certified community housing providers 3A (1) The LRA 1967 is amended…23 Jan 2024