Part of Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 4:00 pm ar 23 Ionawr 2024.
Barry Gardiner
Llafur, Brent North
4:00,
23 Ionawr 2024
There is a word in the Clause that the Minister should pay very specific attention to. Line 29 of proposed new section 89D states that
“‘non-litigation costs’ means costs that are or could be incurred by a freeholder”—
I stress “could”. If the Minister is minded to look at this again, he should ask his officials to do some calculations about what the costs could be. I recognise the figures and have no wish to detain the Committee by pressing this to a vote. I am happy to support my hon. Friend in pressing Amendment 4 to a vote, but if the Minister can give me an assurance that he will ask his officials to do that homework, I will not press the amendment.
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A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
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