Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Al Pinkerton Excerpts
Wednesday 10th September 2025

(1 day, 21 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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The previous Government shattered the dream of home ownership. We are reforming the outdated system so that leaseholders receive stronger rights, powers and protections. We will bring to an end the feudal leasehold system, reinvigorate commonhold and deliver the biggest boost to social affordable housing in a generation.

Al Pinkerton Portrait Dr Al Pinkerton (Surrey Heath) (LD)
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Since May, my constituent Sue has received thousands of pounds-worth of fines after a criminal gang in London cloned her number plate and went on a rampage through the capital. In an age of increasingly sophisticated digital security, the number registration system seems like a remarkably analogue anachronism—it is ripe for abuse and it is failing drivers. Will the Prime Minister look at and pick up my Vehicle Registration Marks (Misuse and Offences) Bill, which I presented last week, to strengthen the legislation and ensure that police services have the tools they require to tackle that growing crime and protect law-abiding motorists?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am sorry to hear about the hon. Gentleman’s constituent. That is an awful situation for anyone to find themselves in. I will of course look at his Bill.