Speeches by Cocking.

“So you do not reckon the market is ready. If the Bill passes and commonhold becomes the default, am I correct in thinking that you do not think the market as it currently stands with the solicitors and conveyancing process is ready for that big change?”

“Does anyone else want to comment on that?”

“Hang on—what do you mean by “education and training for the public”? The public go out and get a solicitor, who should be advising them on all these matters. We do not need to train the public to say, “This is what you need to do”.”

“I have a few questions about conveyancing. I think most of us can agree, particularly those of us on this Committee, that managing agents are the biggest baddies in the leasehold and commonhold system, closely followed by solicitors and conveyancing. I do not think they point out to people what they are buying—what the…”

“Obviously you have a lot of experience and you know a lot of the detail behind all of it, so if you were advising Government, would you say five, 10, 20 or 60 years?”

“Douglas, based on what you know now, and all the evidence and your experience, where would you put the figure? How long would you give?”

“I am Lewis Cocking, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Broxbourne, and I am a leaseholder as well.”

“Paying illegal asylum seekers £40,000 to leave the United Kingdom is a kick in the teeth for my hard-working constituents. Why are we not using that money to build a detention centre so that we can detain and immediately deport those who arrive in this country illegally?”

“So at this moment in time, you would not have gone any further than what the Bill currently proposes?”

“I want to follow up on Lee’s question, Angela, because you did not particularly answer it, and you are not usually shy of giving us your opinion. Let us roll back: what is missing from the Bill that you would have ensured was in there if you were Secretary of State today?”

“You are very passionate: succinctly, in a couple of sentences, what do you want to happen or what do you think is not in this Bill?”

“Developing Sarah’s question a bit more, Liam, you said that, if we have increased regulation, that will put up cost of service charge. I fully understand that, if we move to commonhold, those people will have the power to hire and fire, so that will improve some of the management agents out there—but if we do not have …”

“I am Lewis Cocking, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Broxbourne. I am a leaseholder as well.”

“Does the shadow Secretary of State agree that if the Government are going to push forward with auto-enrolment on to the electoral roll, it should at least apply to everybody at the same time, for the same general election? If not, they could be perceived by the British people as gerrymandering to get a specific result …”

“Will the Secretary of State give way?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Roger. When creating new unitary councils, it is important that we take communities with us, and community identity is really important. I have raised concerns about this whole devolution and unitarisation process and how we take all the communities within the shir…”

“I completely agree. I do not think the Government have spent much time considering that fundamental flaw and how we take communities with us by getting that identity right. The people of Spelthorne feel strongly about their historical ties to Middlesex, and I urge the Minister to listen to those concerns. Creating big …”

“Having decided that elections should go ahead after all, will the Secretary of State join me in congratulating Conservative-run Broxbourne council on defending democracy from day one and never once considering delaying its elections? Will he confirm that this Labour Government will not use the same tactics to delay the…”

“The SEND system needs urgent and serious reform. Families I speak to in Broxbourne have been battling against an unfair funding formula that sees pupils get thousands of pounds less than elsewhere in the country. Will the Secretary of State reassure me and my constituents that historical demand will no longer be a fact…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I congratulate the hon. Member for Birmingham Perry Barr (Ayoub Khan) on securing this important debate. Supported exempt accommodation plays a critical role across the country, but as we have heard, there are clear issues that need to be resolved. It provides …”