Business of the House

Vicky Foxcroft Excerpts

Thursday 26th April 2018 Commons Chamber

[Andrea Leadsom]

My hon. Friend raises another important matter. Service charges must be fair and transparent, and there must be a clear route to redress when things go wrong. Consumers should be paying only for the services that they receive. I can tell him that we are establishing a working group on regulating letting and management agents with a remit to look into unfair fees and charges, and to set minimum standards for service charges through a statutory code of practice.

[Vicky Foxcroft (Lewisham, Deptford) (Lab)]

When will we have the promised debate on the Government’s serious violence strategy?

[Andrea Leadsom]

The hon. Lady raises an incredibly serious point, as she often does, about the rise in certain types of crime, particularly knife crime. As I have said, I am talking with other business managers about whether we can find time for a debate, and there is a lot of sympathy towards that. The legislative agenda is busy, but she is absolutely right to raise the issue, which is of great concern, and we will seek to provide that time.