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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will commission an expert panel to review the leasehold sector.

The Housing White Paper sets out the Government’s approach to promote transparency and fairness for the growing number of leaseholders. We will also consider the outcome of the Law Commission’s consultation on its 13th programme of law reform. Our manifesto said we would crack down on unfair practices in leasehold; we will consult shortly where the most urgent reform may be needed, as well as in due course to look at wider reforms in the medium-term, both of which will be informed by experts with an interest in leasehold reform. We will continue to work with experts to inform wide ranging leasehold reforms, as well as recommending specific changes to leasehold, such as the Technical Group looking into updating section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985. This group had its inaugural meeting on 11 July 2017.