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Chris Green Excerpts
Monday 23rd July 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nigel Adams Portrait Nigel Adams
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The hon. Lady raises an important point, and that is why we are acting: we are introducing legislation to stop the development of new-build leasehold houses and will restrict ground rent to a peppercorn. We are also planning to fix the loopholes in the law, to increase transparency.

Chris Green Portrait Chris Green (Bolton West) (Con)
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With more problem leaseholds being sold, what is my hon. Friend doing to determine the scale of the problem and inform householders of that problem?