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

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 May (HL Deb col 1368), whether the lease extension policies of the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall and the Crown Estate will be laid before Parliament for consideration; and whether these bodies have agreed to negotiate with tenants or prospective tenants in a manner analogous to how the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 applies to tenants of other properties.

I refer my noble Friend to the undertaking given by the Crown authorities during passage of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 at Volume 838: debated on Friday 24 May 2024, column 1368.

The Crown authorities confirmed that the Crown would act in accordance with the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 and the statutes it amends, subject to specific specified conditions set out in the undertaking.

We expect the Crown bodies to work with its tenants as they develops their policies.