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HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI thank my hon. Friend, the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee, for those fair and pertinent questions. I will answer each of them in turn. We…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformGiven their experience of the leasehold system, it is completely understandable that Jeremy and other leaseholders across the country feel that the dream of home ownership has…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI can assure the hon. Lady that we are going as fast as we possibly can, but I hope she would not want us to follow the example of the previous Government, who rushed forward…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformAgain, I refer my hon. Friend to the two comprehensive consultations that we launched before Christmas. We need to establish the new regulatory framework to provide consumer…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI say to my hon. Friend that we are on his constituent’s side. It is because so many leaseholders across the country are suffering from unjust and discriminatory practices that we…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI will happily meet the hon. Gentleman. As I have said, it is our intention as a Government to end the unjust and discriminatory practices from which leaseholders suffer. As I…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformAll manner of provisions in the draft Bill that we are discussing are absolutely about rebalancing leasehold and freehold interests. To take the example of forfeiture, freeholders…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI detected an unusual amount of support in that question from the hon. Lady, which I welcome. On the specific issue of insurance charges, again, there was a consultation on…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI do not want to be too critical of the Conservative Government, because they did bring forward the 2024 Act, and they did move the dial when it comes to the public conversation…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI thank the Liberal Democrat spokesman for those questions. He often mentions Lloyd George, and I share his passion for Lloyd George’s radicalism on property law and other…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI very much agree with my hon. Friend that the draft Bill will be life-changing for leaseholders across the country, freeing them from the unjust and discriminatory practices that…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformHopefully the hon. Gentleman heard my answer to a previous question. We intend to switch on the 2024 Act provisions that standardise service charges and increase transparency…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformAs I have made clear, there are measures in this draft Bill that will provide enhanced protections for residential freeholders on freehold estates, but we are taking other action,…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI am acutely aware of the strength of feeling on freehold estates. It cannot be an either/or when it comes to ensuring that residential freeholders and leaseholders get the rights…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformMy hon. Friend has been an incredible champion for residential freeholders and leaseholders in his constituency. It is precisely because of ground rent increases of that scale…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformWe are clear that we need to strengthen the regulation of managing agents. I appreciate the strength of feeling, across the House, on the matter. As I have made clear, we will…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformMy Department always strives to ensure that the House is updated at the earliest possible opportunity. I note and appreciate fully the points you have made, Mr Speaker, and will…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformWe want to act as quickly as possible, particularly to bring in the new consumer protections provided for by the 2024 Act.27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI think that I have already committed to ensuring that a visit to her constituency is on the very long list of requests that I have received, but I will bear her request in mind.27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformWe did see a considerable amount of deregulation under the coalition Government and their successors. I will give the previous Government credit, as I have done before, for…27 Jan 2026