Part of Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill - Committee (1st Day) – in the House of Lords am 5:45 pm ar 22 Ebrill 2024.
Baroness Pinnock
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Levelling Up, Communities and Local Government)
5:45,
22 Ebrill 2024
My Lords, the purpose of Amendment 13 in my name was to encourage a debate on commonhold and the route to achieving it, and in that it has been successful. I am pleased about that and thank all noble Lords for their involvement. It has been a long time since the first legislative proposal was made to abolish leasehold. I think it was in the Liberal Government of 1906, so we are going back a long way.
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