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Lords Chamber
Housebuilding - Wed 28 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) That is why, through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, we are taking firm action to ensure that - Speech Link
2: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, does the Minister agree with me that this excellent report highlights that we need to end leasehold - Speech Link
3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer) My Lords, the House will be glad to hear that the leasehold Bill left the Commons yesterday and is now - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Report stage - Tue 27 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Rosie Winterton (Lab - Doncaster Central) of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002;“service charge” has the meaning given by section 18 - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) They had the opportunity to bring forward bold leasehold and commonhold reform legislation, and they - Speech Link
3: None 77 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.” - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold: Property Management Companies - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill will make long-term changes to improve home ownership for millions - Speech Link
2: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) leasehold in England and Wales? - Speech Link
3: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) million leasehold properties in England and Wales. - Speech Link
4: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) My Lords, there are some very good things in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, but the Government - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Tenth sitting) - Tue 30 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) 1 of Part 2 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 (see sections 76 and 77 of that Act);“onward - Speech Link
2: None 77 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.” - Speech Link
3: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) 77 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002.” - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) For example, the Housing Act 1996 and the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 introduced prohibitions - Speech Link
5: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) and Housing Act 1989, the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993, the Commonhold and - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Seventh sitting)
Committee stage: 7th sitting - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) and commonhold reform I will continue to cite throughout my remarks.Part 2 of the Bill makes changes - Speech Link
2: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) I just point out that the all-party group on leasehold and commonhold reform, co-chaired by the Father - Speech Link
3: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 and so ensure that RTM companies cannot incur costs in instances where - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) Clause 23 replaces the existing costs regimes for RTM claims under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform - Speech Link
5: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) The tribunal needs the power to order compliance with obligations under the Commonhold and Leasehold - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)
Committee stage: 8th sitting - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) They pointed out that it was originally included in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002 but - Speech Link
2: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. - Speech Link
3: None and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. - Speech Link
4: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. - Speech Link
5: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) and Leasehold Reform Act 2002. - Speech Link
6: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) and commonhold reform and a gentleman called Liam Spender, who detailed his experiences at the hands - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fifth sitting)
Committee stage: 5th sitting - Tue 23 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) it to the lasting benefit of leaseholders and reinvigorating commonhold to such an extent that it will - Speech Link
2: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) Bill—maybe many years based on the history of leasehold reform—for such a change to come forward.” - Speech Link
3: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) This reform, which draws on recommendations 1 and 2 of the Law Commission’s final report on leasehold - Speech Link
4: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) commonhold, but this is a real change. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 22 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) What steps he is taking to reform the leasehold system. - Speech Link
2: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) Right now, the Government are taking action with the progression of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform - Speech Link
3: Chi Onwurah (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne Central) reform of the leasehold system as set out by the Law Commission, he has brought forward a leasehold - Speech Link
4: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) modern leasehold and commonhold, and through the Minister, I invite those who are suffering—the hon. - Speech Link
5: Janet Daby (Lab - Lewisham East) If he does not think that is acceptable, how and when will he strengthen the Leasehold and Freehold Reform - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Fourth sitting)
Committee stage: 4th sitting - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None I specifically address leasehold reform in that as part of the broader question. - Speech Link
2: Andy Carter (Con - Warrington South) But as it stands, there is a provision in the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 - Speech Link
3: None Jack Spearman is chair of leasehold reform at the Residential Freehold Association. - Speech Link
4: Richard Fuller (Con - North East Bedfordshire) If you add that to the £3.2 billion in the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill impact assessment, that - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) My wife is the joint chief executive of the Law Commission, whose work on leasehold reform we have regularly - Speech Link
2: Mike Amesbury (Lab - Weaver Vale) I am a member of the all-party parliamentary group on leasehold and commonhold reform. - Speech Link
3: Andy Carter (Con - Warrington South) We saw that in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, where we had the commonhold and it did not - Speech Link
4: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) We have been advocating for the reform of leasehold since 1984. - Speech Link
5: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) Our position is that leasehold does require reform. - Speech Link