Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 20 December 2022Answered: 12 January 2023
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Matthew Pennycook
The publication of the “Commonhold White Paper” today marks the beginning of the end of the feudal leasehold system. We will succeed where the previous Government failed and bring that system to an end, but we are determined to provide immediate relief for leaseholders suffering from unreasonable and unfair charges at present.