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Examination of Witnesses | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Q I want to follow on from the point made by my colleague, Mike Amesbury, about your November report.
Examination of Witnesses | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Q My concern is that you are going to finish your report, quite rightly, in the fullness of time—that will be February—and this Committee w
Examination of Witnesses | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees I will come to that in a minute. But just in here, on this Bill, is there anything that we should look out for?
Examination of Witnesses | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Okay, so more generally then, on regulators—Ofgem on energy prices and Ofwat on sewage and water—that approach seems not to provide the outc
Examination of Witnesses | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Rules, codes, systems, data, penalties, redress, different organisations—this is your answer as a better solution to caveat emptor?
Examination of Witnesses | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees In all circumstances or specifically on this Bill? Well, we ought to stick to the Bill.
Examination of Witness | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Q Well, let me draw on that. The core of this is something I mentioned earlier.
Examination of Witness | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees That’s all right, Dame Caroline. Let’s stick with net present values, shall we, Professor?
Examination of Witness | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Q So it is redistributive, primarily.
Examination of Witness | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Q What is clear, though, is that the business net present value is scored at minus £1.7 billion, so presumably we can pretty much say that