Speeches by Cooper.

“I want to move on to the Law Commission’s recommendations. As you will be aware, Minister, the Law Commission produced a series of reports between 2020 and 2021 around enfranchisement—right to manage, commonhold and the price payable on enfranchisement. Why did the Government choose not to include the remaining Law Com…”

“My constituents are being exploited by unscrupulous petrol retailers who are not letting a crisis go to waste. At BP in Winsford unleaded is 10p more per litre than the cheapest price in the area, and at Shell in Middlewich it is 15p more per litre. Does the Competition and Markets Authority have the powers that it nee…”

“My question was going to be: what do you think has changed? What new evidence has emerged?”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Cheadle (Mr Morrison) on securing the debate and pay tribute to him for the strong case he made on behalf of his residents in Cheadle. If I was in his position, I would make broadly the same arguments. However, I am the Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire, and I have to speak for my…”

“I am conscious of time, so I will ask you one last thing. Do you think there will be any differences between people on older person’s shared ownership versus the more mainstream new model of shared ownership that are relevant to how the Bill will operate?”

“To be fair, the Bill has not set this out yet, has it? It says that the Secretary of State will make regulations, so they will use secondary legislation to define where that would sit. Is it your view, then, that a taskforce or some body should be set up to look into this to define what that secondary legislation shoul…”

“With the Bill as it is at the moment, in what circumstances do you think shared owners alone should exercise votes in a commonhold association? When do you think the vote should sit with the registered provider?”

“It sounds like you do not think the Bill is anywhere near where it needs to be at the moment.”

“Sue, you are correct: we are indeed turning to questions of shared ownership. Currently, all shared ownership homes are leasehold, and they are not able to benefit from the current commonhold legal framework, because of the nature of how it is set up. I think the intention in the draft Bill is that, although shared own…”

“7. What steps he is taking to improve transparency in court proceedings.”

“The Courts and Tribunals Bill seeks to increase the transparency of court proceedings in several important respects, but conducting empirical research into how real juries make decisions will remain illegal in England and Wales. Researchers have had to rely on mock juries in their research, which has shown a link betwe…”

“This International Women’s Day I commend the work in my constituency of the Her-Place charitable trust, which supports women’s wellbeing and creates spaces to facilitate conversations about health and other challenges. Her-Place says that many women, especially in deprived areas, visit their GP with poor mental health,…”

“4. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to mark International Women’s Day.”

“That works for new developments, but what about conversion? Emily d'Albuquerque: These are fairly technical processes. We anticipate that it will be somewhat more streamlined because, instead of having to go through what is probably a collective enfranchisement and then a commonhold conversion process, it will feel mor…”

“Emily, the Land Registry is going to have quite a central role in the establishment of commonholds under the legislation, and the registrar is mentioned several times in the documentation that needs to be lodged. From a Land Registry perspective, what is the process going to be for developers and leaseholders looking t…”

“If Parliament legislates to ban ground rent, which is what it will effectively be doing if the draft Bill becomes a Bill and is passed, Parliament is expressing the view that ground rent ought not to happen. Regardless of what we may think about that, Parliament is saying, “Ground rent shouldn’t happen.” What we are ar…”

“I am Andrew Cooper, Member of Parliament for Mid Cheshire.”

“A foundational principle of our constitution is that everyone is bound by and entitled to the benefit of the law, but the long-running crisis in our justice system has stretched that principle to breaking point. Other right hon. and hon. Members have covered in depth the disastrous decisions by the previous Government …”

“Will he give way?”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”