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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform framework to streamline community asset transfer rights for commercial properties.

The Leasehold and Freehold Reform framework applies to homeowners, and cannot be used to apply community asset transfers for commercial properties.

However, the government is bringing forward new Community Right to Buy Powers to allow communities to take ownership of valued assets, which could include commercial premises providing they have a community use; for instance, pubs, clubs and sporting assets.