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HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Just briefly while we are on that, have you got any sense of whether your members are complying, or are prepared to comply, with the new FCA rules that are coming into force at…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Mr Spearman, thank you for coming to give evidence to us. The Government’s 2017 consultation on tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market, which I think attracted more…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fourth sitting)That is all extremely helpful. Thank you very much.18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Third sitting)Q That is all I was looking for. My second question relates to non-litigation costs. The Government, when they published the Bill, claimed that it protected all leaseholders from…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Third sitting)My wife is the joint chief executive of the Law Commission, whose work on leasehold reform we have regularly touched upon.18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Third sitting)Q Unless they confound us, the Government have been very clear that they are not going to do a commonhold package. Would share of freehold be a good interim step? Professor…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Third sitting)Q In that case, I will move over to Professor Hodges, in the interests of time, if that is okay. Professor Steven: Absolutely, and I can see you now. Professor Hodges: I am very…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you all for coming in this morning to give evidence. I will perhaps return to Ms Higgins and Mr Smytherman if we have time in the session, but could I start with two…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Okay. I may come back to some other specific issues if we have time, but specifically on insurance, the Financial Conduct Authority’s report of September last year on insurance…18 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q But it would not necessarily require primary legislation—or would it, in your view, in terms of how you would implement such a recommendation? Matt Brewis: It does not require…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)My wife is the joint chief executive of the Law Commission, and we are hearing evidence from it. Examination of Witness Mr Martin Boyd gave evidence.16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q I just wanted to follow up on something, so that I am clear in my own mind in relation to Mr Gardiner’s question about the provisions in the 2002 Act that have not been brought…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q Amanda, thank you for coming to talk to the Committee. You have expertise in a number of areas, but I wanted to probe you on something that we have not gone into the details…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q Some of them will not have a choice, will they? Katie Kendrick: No, some people do not have a choice. People’s lives are literally on hold, and have been for many years, waiting…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q A huge amount of the Bill is left to future regulations and statutory instruments. That is understandable in many cases—I am thinking of the service charge provisions and…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for coming to give evidence to us. I have a general question to start. Large parts of the Bill are broadly uncontroversial and uncontentious, not least because they…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q I have two other brief questions. The Bill does not include provision to ban new leasehold houses. If the Government’s intention, as I think has been made clear, is to bring…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you all for coming to give evidence. I have two questions—one for Harry and Karolina and then one for Cathy and Halima. Harry and Karolina, we heard earlier from Professor…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q In general terms, do I take from that that we should seek to define excluded insurance costs fairly widely, beyond a strict definition of commission, to ensure that we are…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you. Halima and Cathy on part 4, please? Halima Ali: Overall, I want to say that the model of maintenance that has been implemented is a scam, and all this Bill is really…16 Jan 2024