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HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q However, I think you have given some view about how you think it should be assessed. Amanda Gourlay: I think it should be assessed on a sliding scale, to take account of the…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q Why is it illogical? I have no qualifications to be an MP; I am supposed to look after lots of things. Mr Martin Boyd: I will be cautious, so that I am not rude in answering…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q Ms Gourlay, I just wanted to go to part 4, which is about the regulation of estate management charges. You talked at the outset about bringing everything together in the process…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q At the moment, we do not know what will be in the regulations in relation to how the Minister should go about determining that. Do you have any advice for how he should…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q Part 4 of the Bill is called “Regulation of estate management”, which I think is a particular area of interest for you. You said that it all starts at the beginning, when…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q What is clear, though, is that the business net present value is scored at minus £1.7 billion, so presumably we can pretty much say that the impact on business is going to be—…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q On the change in pension funds and investments, you may have different views about how important that is and my colleague asked you that question. However, putting yourself in…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q Well, let me draw on that. The core of this is something I mentioned earlier. If you look at the benefits, there is a total of £2.8 billion of impact monetised, which is under a…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q I am sure we will have a debate about what is and is not in scope of this Bill, in terms of that very important issue, but I wanted to hear you say that that is a crucial part…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (First sitting)Q I cannot remember whether it was you, Jo, or Kate—if I may call you by your first names—who works in a pension fund. Jo Derbyshire : I work in a pension fund.16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q I am interested because so many other purchase decisions—indeed the mortgage you get—will be subject to market rates at that time. Those rates can go up and down, and that will…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q So this is a London wealth transfer. Professor Leunig: That will be the biggest—16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q So it is redistributive, primarily. It sounds that way from those numbers, but there may be some hidden benefits that have not been monetised in the report. That is helpful.…16 Jan 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Second sitting)Q Actually, I was trying to say that we should stop it altogether because— Halima Ali: Oh right, sorry—16 Jan 2024HANSARDPolice Funding FormulaIt is not unusual to hear from two Bedfordshire MPs when it comes to the police funding formula, because this goes all the way back to the last Labour Government, but there is a…15 Jan 2024HANSARDFinance BillI applaud the Government’s initiative to make full expensing permanent, but of course we know there will be a general election within the next 12 months. Has my hon. Friend heard…10 Jan 2024HANSARDFinance BillFurther to that point, does my hon. Friend not think, as I do, that it is an aspect of a responsible Opposition to be clear, right now as we are debating this in this House, what…10 Jan 2024HANSARD Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) BillHypotheticals are not always helpful, but I beg my right hon. Friend’s indulgence in this hypothetical on that particular point about the interaction between clause 3(7) and UK…10 Jan 2024HANSARDFinance BillI wish to raise just a couple of points. Let me turn to the issues of pillar 2 and the moving forward of the Government’s policy on that in clause 21 and schedule 12. Obviously,…10 Jan 2024HANSARDFinance BillI was very pleased to hear the shadow Minister say that the Opposition welcome the full expensing. That helps, but maybe he can go further to clarify. In new clause 6, tabled in…10 Jan 2024