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Examination of Witness | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Q So the geographic dimension—there are more leasehold properties in London—and the redistribution argument is stronger than the “all prope
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 Q Is it right to say that this Bill is a wealth transfer from rich freeholders to rich leaseholders?
Examination of Witness | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Q So this is a London wealth transfer.
Examination of Witness | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Q That is helpful. What is your instinct? Most of this is about removing marriage value payments.
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
Examination of Witness | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Q You will be aware that impact assessments are required now for all legislation, very helpfully.
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 It is, and it seems very expensive legislation. Do you agree with that?
Examination of Witness | Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill | Public Bill Committees Q The top line says that the best estimate of present value is £90 million, but then it says that the low estimate is minus £1.5 billion an
