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HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I want to make a modest and no doubt futile protest about the insertion of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill into our programme at this very late stage. When my…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, this amendment relates to a very narrow point, which I will therefore try to deal with in summary form in the interests of time. Before I do so, I will comment on…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillI am grateful to my noble friend Lord Young of Cookham for giving me a breather. I entirely agree with his amendment in relation to forfeiture, which is clearly a completely…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, before I go further, I declare that I am a long leaseholder in a property which is my home and that I have no other property interests, apart from as a will trustee of…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillIf I may interrupt, I simply asked my noble friend for clarity. Is he now saying that the class of persons I referred to does not have access to the right to manage—he seems to…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, there is no better illustration of the sheer folly of trying to deal with this complex issue in wash-up. We have discussed a point that was raised and discussed in…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, this amendment relates to the question of the ability of right-to-manage companies and similar bodies to recover their legal costs. I made remarks in the debate on the…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, there has been a number of groups concerning marriage value and I have not spoken in them, because I thought I would save my remarks for now. It is quite clear that what…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I say in support of my noble friend Lord Robathan, having once lived in a flat where the landlord was bankrupt, that you do not want to have a bankrupt landlord. It is…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillAmong noble Lords, my noble friend at least must have confidence that the Government will be returned to power and that he will be sitting on that Bench only a matter of weeks…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I omitted to say what I should have said: of course, my noble friend, who has been a friend for a very long time indeed, may continue to regard me as his noble friend…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, again, I will be brief. The question of deferment rates was raised by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Southwell; he raised them specifically in connection with…24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill24 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I think it was Bismarck who said that the public should never see how laws or sausages are made.24 May 2024