Part of Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 3:45 pm ar 30 Ionawr 2024.
Matthew Pennycook
Shadow Minister (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)
3:45,
30 Ionawr 2024
I will end on an optimistic note, because I got enough from the Minister to suggest that he is conscious of the issue and is open to looking at it again, either in the context of the Bill or at a later date. Setting aside the precise drafting of the new clauses, which have allowed us to debate the issues, the Minister recognised that we may need to look at the substantive point again. We may well come back to this at a later stage of the Bill.
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