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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold 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 flooring in the house or the layout of the garden. People have said to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold 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 north-west and in north Wales, a group of builders decided that this would be an extra way of scamming—I use …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold 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 a year will have thought that that was okay, but that might now have gone up to £500 or …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 29 Nov 2021
Leasehold 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 snagging or doing the roads; they are off to build somewhere else. The problem is that, as my hon. …..."
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Written Question
Levelling Up Fund
Monday 26th July 2021

Asked by: Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications his Department received to the Levelling Up Fund by the closing date for first round applications of 18 June 2021 from local authorities in Wales.

Answered by Luke Hall

I am delighted to say that the first round of the Levelling Up Fund received significant interest from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland bidding authorities across the three investment priorities of the Fund. Bids are currently being assessed in line with the published assessment process. Outcomes from the first round of bids for the Levelling Up Fund will be announced later in the year and bidding authorities will be informed in due course.

Written Question
Levelling Up Fund
Monday 26th July 2021

Asked by: Mark Tami (Labour - Alyn and Deeside)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications his Department received to the Levelling Up Fund by the closing date for first round applications of 18 June 2021.

Answered by Luke Hall

I am delighted to say that the first round of the Levelling Up Fund received significant interest from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland bidding authorities across the three investment priorities of the Fund. Bids are currently being assessed in line with the published assessment process. Outcomes from the first round of bids for the Levelling Up Fund will be announced later in the year and bidding authorities will be informed in due course.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Jan 2021
Holocaust Memorial Day 2021

"It is nearly 76 years since the end of the second world war in Europe, but the lessons that the world needs to learn from the events that culminated in the holocaust remain as relevant today as they were then. The holocaust did not begin and end with Auschwitz and …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 23 Oct 2020
Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill

"The hon. Gentleman referred to the charges that are made; does he agree that quite often those charges are made but the work is not actually carried out? Many owners are just interested in cramming as many mobile homes on to sites as possible...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Leasehold and Commonhold Reform

"My area has quite a few new leasehold housing estates, some of which have now been there for a number of years. The residents are being hit with a double whammy. They have all the costs associated with leasehold and they also have service management fees, which are absolutely enormous …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 02 Oct 2019
Leasehold and Commonhold Reform

"The Minister talks about going forward, which is great, but we must go back too. We cannot leave behind the people who have been sold a pup. People tell us how they were advised to use Taylor Wimpey’s own lawyers and how it was never pointed out to them that …..."
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