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Wed 18th Oct 2017
Regulation of Property Agents
Commons Chamber

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Philip Hollobone

Main Page: Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering)

Regulation of Property Agents

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1st reading: House of Commons
Wednesday 18th October 2017

(6 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Alok Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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As I said, we will publish the outcome of the leasehold consultation, but we will clearly be considering proposals to ban leasehold houses and, of course, to tackle onerous ground rents.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Philip Hollobone (Kettering) (Con)
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Leaseholders in Kettering will warmly welcome the launch of the Government’s consultation, particularly those who live in blocks of flats where multiple leasehold interests are involved. I am thinking in particular of a block in the middle of Kettering that is in an appalling state of disrepair and has become a magnet for crime. The leaseholders there have no possibility of selling their properties, so the Government’s announcement of proposals in this area will be warmly welcomed.

Alok Sharma Portrait Alok Sharma
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I welcome my hon. Friend’s comments. He refers to the power of leaseholders more generally, but I point out to him that we would also like to reinvigorate commonhold.