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Leasehold: Legal Costs and Service Charges

Asked by Siân BerryGreen PartyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled Answered 12 March 2025UIN 34537

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 November 2024 on Leasehold and Commonhold Reform, HCWS244, what her planned timetable is to (a) consult and (b) bring measures into

Answered by Matthew Pennycook

As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement in question, the government will consult this year on the Act’s provisions on service charges and on legal costs, bringing these measures into force as quickly as possible thereafter.

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