Part of Housing, Communities and Local Government – in the House of Commons at on 11 January 2021.
Bob Neill
Chair, Justice Committee, Chair, Justice Committee
The Government have always been right to say that leaseholders should not bear the costs of a scandal for which they bore no responsibility. Will my right hon. Friend the Minister confirm that it will be wholly—[Inaudible]—for them to be expected to meet the costs by way of a loan scheme supported by the Government, as is reported in some of the press? That would not be consistent with the Government’s policy or the Government’s word, would it?
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