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HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformMy hon. Friend will be aware that there were very few provisions relating to the right to manage in the 2024 Act. We are committed to enacting the remaining Law Commission…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformYes.27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformWe have given serious consideration to how we will take forward Lord Best’s recommendations from his 2019 report and, as I have made clear, we are taking some of them forward…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. For various reasons, commonhold failed to take off after its introduction in 2004 and the legal framework is now hopelessly out of date. That…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI always thank the hon. Member for his constructive contributions. As he knows, England and Wales can learn lots from Northern Ireland, but, as ever—particularly in relation to…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 ReformThe draft Bill, as published, includes exemptions that mirror the ground rent exemptions for new leases entered into since 30 July 2022, based on that previous Act of Parliament,…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We are calling time on the abusive practices of unscrupulous property agents and on the leasehold system as a whole. That is down to a Labour…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI can feel the glare of my private office as I agree to meetings across the House, but I am happy to do so. The matters that the hon. Lady addresses are in the consultation we…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformAs a Government, we made a clear and unambiguous commitment in our manifesto to act where previous Governments had failed by finally bringing the feudal leasehold system to an…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 ReformI must say, without getting into the detail of the circumstances of the hon. Lady’s constituents, it is hard to know which of the measures will benefit them most. If they are…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformThe House can, of course, help us to speed up the progress of the Bill; 2028 is only a rough estimate based on the time it will take for the Bill, once it has passed its draft…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 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI am more than happy to have a separate conversation with my hon. Friend about the specific conditions pertaining to leasehold houses. She will know, of course, that the Leasehold…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformI have a lot of respect for the hon. Gentleman and his service on the Select Committee. He has a lot of expertise in this area. I would say two things in response. First, we…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold and Leasehold ReformIt is clear that this draft Bill cannot do absolutely everything, and it is the Government’s considered opinion that we do not need provisions on service charges in this Bill—not…27 Jan 2026HANSARDCommonhold 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 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 thank my right hon. Friend for her kind words. She was an incredible champion of the reform agenda for this legislation when she served as Secretary of State. She raises the…27 Jan 2026