[Sir Edward Leigh in the Chair]

Before I begin, I have a couple of announcements. Hansard colleagues would be grateful if Members emailed their speaking notes to hansardnotes@parliament.uk. Obviously, electronic devices should be switched off.

Ordered,

That—

(1) the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.25 am on Tuesday 16 January) meet—

(a) at 2.00 pm on Tuesday 16 January;

(b) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 18 January;

(c) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 23 January;

(d) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 25 January;

(e) at 9.25 am and 2.00 pm on Tuesday 30 January;

(f) at 11.30 am and 2.00 pm on Thursday 1 February;

(2) the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following Table:

Date

Time

Witness

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 9.50 am

The Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE)

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 10.25 am

Leasehold Knowledge Partnership; Velitor Law

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 11.00 am

The National Leasehold Campaign

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 11.25 am

Law & Lease

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 2.30 pm

The Law Commission

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 3.00 pm

The Financial Conduct Authority

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 3.40 pm

Free Leaseholders; Commonhold Now; HoRnet (the Home Owners Rights Network)

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 4.15 pm

The Property Institute; Fanshawe White

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 4.50 pm

The Home Buying and Selling Group; The Conveyancing Association

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 5.15 pm

Public First

Tuesday 16 January

Until no later than 5.40 pm

Dr Douglas Maxwell

Thursday 18 January

Until no later than 12.10 pm

HomeOwners Alliance; The Federation of Private Residents’ Associations; Shared Ownership Resources

Thursday 18 January

Until no later than 12.40 pm

Professor Andrew J. M. Steven (Professor of Property Law, University of Edinburgh); Professor Christopher Hodges OBE (Emeritus Professor of Justice Systems, University of Oxford)

Thursday 18 January

Until no later than 1.00 pm

The Building Societies Association

Thursday 18 January

Until no later than 2.20 pm

Competition and Markets Authority

Thursday 18 January

Until no later than 2.40 pm

Policy Exchange

Thursday 18 January

Until no later than 3.10 pm

The Law Society; Philip Rainey KC

Thursday 18 January

Until no later than 3.30 pm

The Residential Freehold Association

Thursday 18 January

Until no later than 3.50 pm

End Our Cladding Scandal

(3) proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the following order: Clauses 1 to 4; Schedule 1; Clauses 5 to 11; Schedules 2 to 5; Clauses 12 to 19; Schedule 6; Clauses 20 and 21; Schedule 7; Clauses 22 to 37; Schedule 8; Clauses 38 to 65; new Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill. (4) the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 1 February.—

Resolved,

That, subject to the discretion of the Chair, any written evidence received by the Committee shall be reported to the House for publication.—(Lee Rowley.)

I take it that we do not need to move the motion about deliberating in private; just intimate to the Clerk or me that you want to speak, and we will proceed informally. We are sitting in public, and the proceedings are being broadcast. Do any Members want to make a declaration of interest?

My wife is the joint chief executive of the Law Commission, and we are hearing evidence from it.