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HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I have been struck by the way that two houses, next door to each other, may be exactly the same, but one can be leasehold and the other freehold. We see that all the time. When a…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]Will my hon. Friend give way on that point?29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend has in many ways made the point I was going to make. These people were often first-time buyers, keen to get on to the housing market and get their first home. They…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]Will my hon. Friend give way?29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]To list just a few examples that I have come across, some leaseholders who—in theory—own a house and the land around it are asked to pay if they want a pet or want to change the…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I agree fully with that point. As the right hon. Gentleman said, this practice had largely gone away. For years, houses were not built as leasehold properties, but in the…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]My hon. Friend has mentioned management fees, which I see as the next scandal coming down the road. People who bought their properties and were being charged perhaps £100 or £200…29 Nov 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [Lords]I totally agree with my hon. Friend. Quite often, the moment the developers sell the last property, that is it: they are not interested any more. They are not interested in…29 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI actually came here in 2001, but I will leave that there. I have been a long-time supporter of nuclear power. I think that the problem, on both sides of the House, is that we…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillWill the Minister give way?03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillWill the Minister give way?03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) Billrose —03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) Billrose —03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) BillI thank the right hon. Gentleman. Does he agree that since the advanced gas-cooled reactor programme, we have not had a programme of new nuclear reactors? We have had very drawn…03 Nov 2021HANSARD Nuclear Energy (Financing) Billrose —03 Nov 2021HANSARD Parliamentary Works Sponsor BodyI also thank the right hon. Member for East Hampshire (Damian Hinds) for all the work that he has done, and welcome the new members, Mr Lewis and, of course, the right hon. Member…22 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyA perfect example of the point my hon. Friend is making is Wylfa nuclear power station in north Wales, in Anglesey. Building could have started on that and it would have been part…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyDoes my hon. Friend agree that the aviation sector is not going to recover any time soon? It will need support, and not only for months; it will probably take years before it gets…21 Sept 2021HANSARDWorking People’s Finances: Government PolicyI intervene to make the point that my hon. Friend has made that there are many working families—those in work—who are on universal credit, which the Prime Minister does not seem…21 Sept 2021HANSARD Business of the HouseAsbestos.16 Sept 2021