§ 49. Mr. Onslowasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government why he has not yet found an opportunity to remove the uncertainty about service charges resulting from the Leasehold Reform Act 1967; and if he will now do so.
§ Mr. MacCollThis uncertainty, unless removed by a decision of the courts, can only be removed by legislation and my right hon. Friend proposes at the earliest possible opportunity to submit to Parliament proposals aimed at establishing that charges payable in respect of services provided by a landlord are not reckonable as rent for the purpose of determining whether a tenancy is a tenancy at a low rent.