Examination of Witnesses

Part of Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 9:27 am ar 16 Ionawr 2024.

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Photo of Barry Gardiner Barry Gardiner Llafur, Brent North 9:27, 16 Ionawr 2024

Q Grand. If I can pursue that area, at the moment, the lease is granted to the demoted freeholder—so they become the head leaseholder, perhaps, and the other leaseholders are now subject to the head leaseholder. Their contract was always with the previous freeholder, who is now the head leaseholder. Should there not be some provision in the Bill that requires those minority leaseholders, who are still in a relationship with the former freeholder, to actually pay their service charge to the new freeholder? But there is not, is there?