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HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, which tempts me to give a number of responses. As I am feeling generous this morning, I will say that I do think the Minister is a…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the Minister for his response. Let me just deal initially with the three Government amendments, with which we take no issue. On the ground rent consultation, I will not…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I rise to speak to the amendments in my name and that of my hon. Friend the Member for Weaver Vale. I do so making almost entirely the same argument as that made by my hon. Friend…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)To clarify whether my reading of proposed new section 25A(5) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 is right, is the penalty a single amount that is shared, or an amount per…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I take the point, and I understand what the hon. Gentleman is driving at: there is the very real risk of clogging up the system with multiple challenges if leaseholders are…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister’s response was quite disappointing. I think he has made it clear that it is per challenge per group, so what is the incentive for a large group of leaseholders to…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to continue our line-by-line consideration of the Bill with you in the Chair, Mr Efford. For the sake of probity, I declare once again that my wife is the joint…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)It is operational. It can be absorbed on the rare occasion that it will be charged, so we think that amount should be higher. Ultimately, as the hon. Member for North East…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 27, page 43, leave out line 12. This amendment would remove provision for the appropriate authority to exempt certain categories of landlord…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the Minister for that response. I was also unaware of criss-cross or Tyneside leases, although the Opposition Whip, my hon. Friend the Member for North Tyneside, indicated…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 12, in clause 27, page 43, line 38, at end insert— “(c) in section 48 (notification by landlord of address for service of notices), after subsection (3)…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I will be brief. My hon. Friend the Member for Brent North raises an interesting point. Can the Minister—if not now, then perhaps in writing—expand on whether, where a landlord…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I rise to speak to speak to amendments 13 and 14. As I think my hon. Friend the Member for Brent North just touched upon, clause 28 inserts new sections 21D and 21E into the 1985…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)I will be brief, so as to dispose of the amendment. I appreciate what the Minister said. He provided some useful clarity. In particular, he highlighted the practical challenges in…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)Mr Efford, may I respond to the Minister’s comments on amendment 13?25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)In that case, I will press the amendment to a vote without justifying it. Amendment proposed : 13, in clause 28, page 45, line 4, at end insert— “(8) Where a landlord of any such…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister provides me with the opportunity to get my justification in, but, without going through it, he can answer the question that underpinned amendments 13 and 14 by simply…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 15, in clause 29, page 46, line 19, at end insert— “(3) Information specified for the purposes of section (1) must include accruals and prepayments and…25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I welcome that response from the Minister. On that basis, I am happy to beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.25 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 16, in clause 29, page 48, leave out lines 1 to 8 and insert— “(4) P may not charge R any sum in excess of the prescribed amount in respect of the costs…25 Jan 2024