§ Lord Jacobsasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the statement by the Lord Falconer of Thoroton at the Labour Party Conference in September 2001 that the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill was "the result of a bargain between the interested parties", who were the interested parties representing the leaseholders. [HL3739]
§ The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)The Government's proposals for commonhold and leasehold reform were the subject of extensive consultation with landlords, leaseholders and other interested parties. The consultation paper on leasehold reform issued in late 1998 received over 950 responses, 77 per cent of which came from leaseholders, leaseholders' resident associations or leaseholder representative organisations. The consultation paper on the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill issued in August 2000 received over 1,050 responses, 76 per cent of which came from leaseholders, leaseholders' resident associations or leaseholder representative organisations. These included responses from the Leasehold Enfranchisement Association (LEA) and the Campaign for the Abolition of Residential Leasehold (CARL).
Ministers and officials from the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) have also met representatives from the LEA and CARL.
32WASummarised analyses of both the 1998 and 2000 consultation exercises are available in the Libraries of both Houses and on the DTLR website. Copies of the responses to the consultation papers from individual leaseholders and leaseholders' resident associations—with the exception of those who asked for their responses to be treated as confidential—are available to the public from the DTLR library at Ashdown House by arrangement.