Committee publication · Correspondence · 17 June 2026
Letter from the Minister of State for Housing and Planning to the Chair dated 8 June 2026 concerning the Committee's report on pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill
From: Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Inquiry: Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill
Summary
Matthew Pennycook, Minister of State for Housing and Planning, thanks the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee for its pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill. He commits to carefully considering the Committee's recommendations, finalising the substantive Bill, and introducing it to Parliament as soon as possible, while acknowledging the Committee's call for faster progress.
Key findings
- The draft Bill represents a significant step towards ending the leasehold system and delivering greater fairness for leaseholders while reinvigorating commonhold.
- The Committee's pre-legislative scrutiny received substantial public engagement, evidenced by the high number of evidence responses.
- The Minister acknowledges the Committee's identified areas of the Bill likely to receive the most challenge during parliamentary passage.
- Both government and Committee align on the necessity of progressing the substantive Bill quickly to transform homeownership experience for millions of leaseholders.
- The Minister commits to introducing the substantive Bill to Parliament in 'the coming months' and will provide a formal response to the Committee's report in due course.
Tone
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Key actors
Florence Eshalomi MP, Matthew Pennycook MP, Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee
Notable line
“It is imperative that the substantive Commonhold and Leasehold Bill is watertight.”
Key Quotes
“It is imperative that the substantive Commonhold and Leasehold Bill is watertight.”
“… the draft legislation represents a significant step towards ending the leasehold system for good; delivering greater fairness for leaseholders, while laying the foundations for a reinvigorated commonhold model.”
“I very much welcomed the constructive challenge and engagement from members, which will help to inform the g overnment's ongoing work to refine th is vital piece of legislation and ensure it delivers …”
“… we will seek to finalise the drafting of the substantive Bill and introduce it as early as we possibly can.”
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