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Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - Fri 24 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Lord Kennedy of Southwark (Lab - Life peer) here.Because of the Renters (Reform) Bill biting the dust, as it were, we have not dealt with the assured - Speech Link
2: None However, 62% of all flats are in the private rental sector. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con - Life peer) terms which will apply by virtue of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 and the Leasehold Reform, Housing - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 23 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Lucy Powell (LAB - Manchester Central) His pledge on a smoke-free generation, plans for a football regulator, promises to renters and leaseholders - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) wishes and thanks for your service and friendship. - Speech Link
3: Peter Bottomley (Con - Worthing West) that we have not heard that the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill can be brought forward. - Speech Link
4: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) Although we welcome the forthcoming election, long-awaited Bills on smoking, leasehold, rental reform - Speech Link
5: Rachael Maskell (LAB - York Central) Can the Leader of the House say what exactly is happening to the Renters (Reform) Bill, which would have - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
People with Disabilities: Access to Services - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Browning (Con - Life peer) the benefits system for disability, but it requires absolute root and branch reform. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) A-boards, pavement parking, abandoned rental bikes and countryside paths that have barriers to prevent - Speech Link
3: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) We would also reform jobcentres, with a new focus on tackling the barriers to good employment, devolving - Speech Link
4: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Our Renters (Reform) Bill, abolishing no-fault evictions and creating a new ombudsman for the private - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) to consider the impact on this sector of the Renters (Reform) Bill. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green - Life peer) The briefing from the RentersReform Coalition was excellent and starts by saying:“The private rented - Speech Link
3: Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer) why the Renters Reform Coalition has branded it a failure. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill
Committee stage - Wed 01 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None 77 of the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002;“management function” has the meaning given by section - Speech Link
2: Lord Best (XB - Life peer) Moreover, a twin amendment in the Renters (Reform) Bill, due in this House shortly, could extend the - Speech Link
3: None The purchase or rental of a home is one of the key financial transactions in your life. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Furnished Holiday Lettings: Taxation - Wed 01 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Anne Marie Morris (Con - Newton Abbot) that have been made, does it not seem obvious that what we need is a proper impact assessment of the reform - Speech Link
2: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) that there are not enough properties available for long-term rental by local people. - Speech Link
3: Anne Marie Morris (Con - Newton Abbot) Is it not also clear, following the Renters (Reform) Bill, that there has been a haemorrhaging of landlords - Speech Link
4: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) the mortgage interest relief restrictions that have stifled the supply of the homes that renters desperately - Speech Link
5: Nigel Huddleston (Con - Mid Worcestershire) The intention is for the tax reform to apply to all properties.There will continue to be benefits. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Affordable Housing: Supply - Thu 25 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Whitty (Lab - Life peer) Mortgage holders, aspiring mortgage holders and private renters are now struggling. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) We will shortly have a Renters (Reform) Bill, which was intended to ban Section 21 evictions but will - Speech Link
3: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) private rental sectors. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) As to affordable rents, they make up some 10% of the rental stock, and they are actually available at - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
Report stage - Wed 24 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) I am delighted to bring the Renters (Reform) Bill back to the House on Report. - Speech Link
2: Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con - The Cotswolds) on to the rental ladder. - Speech Link
3: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) The Renters (Reform) Bill had the potential to bring much-needed security and safety to renters, yet - Speech Link
4: Caroline Lucas (Green - Brighton, Pavilion) so long for the Renters (Reform) Bill to be on Report. - Speech Link
5: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) tenant, especially the 20 that make up the Renters Reform Coalition.Labour has consistently argued that - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 22 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Jacob Young (Con - Redcar) The Renters (Reform) Bill will have its Report stage on Wednesday 24 April. - Speech Link
2: Anum Qaisar (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) While the Government seem to be unable to get the rental reform agenda past their Conservative Back Benchers - Speech Link
3: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) The Minister has done good work in protecting leaseholders and renters from remediation costs above 11 - Speech Link
4: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) and Freehold Reform Bill is designed to improve transparency and reduce problems, and I am sure that - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Property Agents: Regulation - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) The Government’s Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill and Renters (Reform) Bill will help drive up overall - Speech Link
2: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) Through the Renters (Reform) Bill and the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, we are taking forward specific - Speech Link
3: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) and renters—whoever they may be—interacting with the system. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Surely we should take the opportunity to amend the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill or the Renters - Speech Link