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Leaseholders Rights Bill 2008-09

Type of Bill:
Private Members' Bill (Ballot Bill)
Sponsor:
Mrs Jacqui Lait

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Commons

  1. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  2. House of Lords
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  3. Consideration of Amendments
  4. Royal Assent

Last event

Latest Bill

House Bill Date
Commons Bill as Introduced | PDF version, 77KB 11.06.2009

Latest news on the Bill

This Bill was presented, through the ballot procedure, to Parliament on 21 January. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.

This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading debate on 26 June. After being debated the sponsoring Member withdrew the Bill from further consideration.

The Bill will not progress any further.

Summary of the Bill

This Bill would extend the duties on freeholders to consult with their leaseholders in respect of carrying out major works. It would place a cap on the amount of service charge payable by a leaseholder within a 12 month period. It would also extend the duty on local authorities to consult with tenants over housing management matters so that this duty would include matters affecting leaseholders on which the Government is consulting and to which the authority intends to submit a written response.

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