Leasehold Reform — 23 May 2023 at 16:12
That this House notes the commitment by the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in January 2023 to abolish the feudal leasehold system which he has acknowledged is an unfair form of property ownership; calls on him to keep his promise to the millions of people living in leasehold properties by ending the sale of new private leasehold houses, introducing a workable system to replace private leasehold flats with commonhold and enacting the Law Commission’s recommendations on enfranchisement, commonhold and the right to manage in full; and further calls on the Secretary of State to make an oral statement to this House by 23 June 2023 on his plans to reform leasehold.
“The Government agrees with the Committee that, other than in exceptional circumstances, there is no good reason for houses to be sold on a leasehold basis.”
“it is absolutely right that we end the absurd, feudal system of leasehold, which restricts people’s rights in a way that is indefensible in the 21st century.”-[Official Report, 9 June 2022; Vol. 715, c. 978.]
“Finally, the hon. Lady asked if we will maintain our commitment to abolish the feudal system of leasehold. We absolutely will. We will bring forward legislation shortly.”-[Official Report, 30 January 2023; Vol. 727, c. 49.]
“We hope, in the forthcoming King’s Speech, to introduce legislation to fundamentally reform the system. Leaseholders, not just in this case but in so many other cases, are held to ransom by freeholders. We need to end this feudal form of tenure and ensure individuals have the right to enjoy their own property fully.”-[Official Report, 20 February 2023; Vol. 728, c. 3.]
“there are any Government Grants or similar for having Solar Panels fitted on our property. We live in a block of flats and are planning to have a new roof fitted next year (money permitting) and wonder if it would be profitable to have Solar Panels fitted at the same time. Due to the expense….we wonder if the Government has or may have any suitable schemes to assist us?”
“an all-you-can-eat buffet of reform”.-[Official Report, 24 January 2022; Vol. 707, c. 796.]
“unfair form of property ownership”.
“easier, faster, fairer and cheaper.”
“What we are discussing today is nothing short of a national scandal. It is the payment protection insurance of the house building industry. Every now and again a sharp practice comes to light which is totally unconscionable and of which every reasonable person would say, “We cannot allow this to continue. Parliament must act.” This is one such occasion.”-[Official Report, 20 December 2016; Vol. 618, c. 1342.]
“ban on the sale of new leasehold homes”.
“I don’t see how we can look the other way while these practically feudal practices persist”.
“end the absurd, feudal system of leasehold, which restricts people’s rights”.-[Official Report, 9 June 2022; Vol. 715, c. 978.]
“we can look the other way while these practically feudal practices persist”,
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Stephen Kinnock | Aberavon | Lab (minister) | aye |
Mark Tami | Alyn and Deeside | Lab (minister) | aye |
Hywel Williams | Arfon | PC (front bench) | aye |
Dan Jarvis | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
Stephanie Peacock | Barnsley East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Wera Hobhouse | Bath | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Kim Leadbeater | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
Marsha de Cordova | Battersea | Lab (minister) | aye |
Mohammad Yasin | Bedford | Lab (minister) | aye |
Neil Coyle | Bermondsey and Old Southwark | Lab (minister) | aye |
Preet Kaur Gill | Birmingham, Edgbaston | Lab (minister) | aye |
Liam Byrne | Birmingham, Hodge Hill | Lab (minister) | aye |
Steve McCabe | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jess Phillips | Birmingham, Yardley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kate Hollern | Blackburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
Graham Stringer | Blackley and Broughton | Lab (minister) | aye |
Nick Smith | Blaenau Gwent | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Peter Dowd | Bootle | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Naseem Shah | Bradford West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Dawn Butler | Brent Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Ruth Cadbury | Brentford and Isleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
Lloyd Russell-Moyle | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Thangam Debbonaire | Bristol West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Christian Wakeford | Bury South | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
Jamie Stone | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Harriet Harman | Camberwell and Peckham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Daniel Zeichner | Cambridge | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jo Stevens | Cardiff Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Anna McMorrin | Cardiff North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Stephen Doughty | Cardiff South and Penarth | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jonathan Edwards | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
Ben Lake | Ceredigion | PC (front bench) | aye |
Sarah Green | Chesham and Amersham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Toby Perkins | Chesterfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
Samantha Dixon | City of Chester | Lab | aye |
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Colleen Fletcher | Coventry North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Steve Reed | Croydon North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Andrew Gwynne | Denton and Reddish | Lab (minister) | aye |
Margaret Beckett | Derby South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Helen Hayes | Dulwich and West Norwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
Liz Saville-Roberts | Dwyfor Meirionnydd | PC (front bench) | aye |
James Murray | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Virendra Sharma | Ealing, Southall | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Ian Murray | Edinburgh South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Christine Jardine | Edinburgh West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Kate Osamor | Edmonton | Lab (minister) | aye |
Justin Madders | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Lab (minister) | aye |
Feryal Clark | Enfield North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Bambos Charalambous | Enfield, Southgate | whilst Lab (front bench) | aye |
Abena Oppong-Asare | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ben Bradshaw | Exeter | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Maria Eagle | Garston and Halewood | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Tonia Antoniazzi | Gower | Lab (minister) | aye |
Matthew Pennycook | Greenwich and Woolwich | Lab (minister) | aye |
Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
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Andrew Slaughter | Hammersmith | Lab (minister) | aye |
Tulip Siddiq | Hampstead and Kilburn | Lab (minister) | aye |
Gareth Thomas | Harrow West | Lab (minister) | aye |
John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab | aye |
Catherine West | Hornsey and Wood Green | Lab (minister) | aye |
Bridget Phillipson | Houghton and Sunderland South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Peter Kyle | Hove | Lab (minister) | aye |
Wes Streeting | Ilford North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Sam Tarry | Ilford South | Lab | aye |
Emily Thornberry | Islington South and Finsbury | Lab (minister) | aye |
Chris Evans | Islwyn | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kate Osborne | Jarrow | Lab (minister) | aye |
Edward Davey | Kingston and Surbiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Karl Turner | Kingston upon Hull East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Emma Hardy | Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle | Lab (minister) | aye |
Cat Smith | Lancaster and Fleetwood | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Richard Burgon | Leeds East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Fabian Hamilton | Leeds North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Alex Sobel | Leeds North West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Jon Ashworth | Leicester South | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Janet Daby | Lewisham East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ellie Reeves | Lewisham West and Penge | Lab (minister) | aye |
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John Cryer | Leyton and Wanstead | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Dan Carden | Liverpool, Walton | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Nia Griffith | Llanelli | Lab (minister) | aye |
Sarah Owen | Luton North | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Andy McDonald | Middlesbrough | Lab (minister) | aye |
Siobhain McDonagh | Mitcham and Morden | Lab (minister) | aye |
Christina Rees | Neath | whilst Independent (front bench) | aye |
Nick Brown | Newcastle upon Tyne East | whilst Independent | aye |
Jessica Morden | Newport East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ruth Jones | Newport West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Yvette Cooper | Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford | Lab (minister) | aye |
Kevan Jones | North Durham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Wendy Chamberlain | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Helen Morgan | North Shropshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Mary Glindon | North Tyneside | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
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Alex Norris | Nottingham North | Lab (minister) | aye |
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Chris Elmore | Ogmore | Lab (minister) | aye |
Debbie Abrahams | Oldham East and Saddleworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
Alistair Carmichael | Orkney and Shetland | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Anneliese Dodds | Oxford East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Layla Moran | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Luke Pollard | Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport | Lab (minister) | aye |
Alex Davies-Jones | Pontypridd | Lab (minister) | aye |
Apsana Begum | Poplar and Limehouse | Lab (minister) | aye |
Stephen Morgan | Portsmouth South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
Fleur Anderson | Putney | Lab (minister) | aye |
Sarah Olney | Richmond Park | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Tony Lloyd | Rochdale | Lab (minister) | aye |
Sarah Champion | Rotherham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Rebecca Long-Bailey | Salford and Eccles | Lab (minister) | aye |
Bill Esterson | Sefton Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Paul Blomfield | Sheffield Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Clive Betts | Sheffield South East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Gill Furniss | Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough | Lab (minister) | aye |
Olivia Blake | Sheffield, Hallam | Lab (minister) | aye |
Louise Haigh | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | aye |
Tan Dhesi | Slough | Lab (minister) | aye |
Emma Lewell-Buck | South Shields | Lab (minister) | aye |
Alan Whitehead | Southampton, Test | Lab (minister) | aye |
Daisy Cooper | St Albans | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Marie Rimmer | St Helens South and Whiston | Lab | aye |
Navendu Mishra | Stockport | Lab (minister) | tellaye |
Jim Shannon | Strangford | DUP (front bench) | aye |
Bell Ribeiro-Addy | Streatham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Andrew Western | Stretford and Urmston | Lab (minister) | aye |
Julie Elliott | Sunderland Central | Lab (minister) | aye |
Richard Foord | Tiverton and Honiton | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Nick Thomas-Symonds | Torfaen | Lab (minister) | aye |
David Lammy | Tottenham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Munira Wilson | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Alan Campbell | Tynemouth | Lab (minister) | aye |
Florence Eshalomi | Vauxhall | Lab (minister) | aye |
Simon Lightwood | Wakefield | Lab (minister) | aye |
Valerie Vaz | Walsall South | Lab | aye |
Stella Creasy | Walthamstow | Lab | aye |
Ian Lavery | Wansbeck | Lab (minister) | aye |
Charlotte Nichols | Warrington North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Matt Western | Warwick and Leamington | Lab (minister) | aye |
Mike Amesbury | Weaver Vale | Lab (minister) | aye |
Lyn Brown | West Ham | Lab (minister) | aye |
Ashley Dalton | West Lancashire | Lab (minister) | aye |
Karen Buck | Westminster North | Lab (minister) | aye |
Tim Farron | Westmorland and Lonsdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
Lisa Nandy | Wigan | Lab (minister) | aye |
Margaret Greenwood | Wirral West | Lab (minister) | aye |
Barbara Keeley | Worsley and Eccles South | Lab (minister) | aye |
Mike Kane | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab (minister) | aye |
Rachael Maskell | York Central | Lab (minister) | aye |