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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Answer

Mr. Win Griffiths: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list those consulted regarding Commercial Property Leases: options for determining or outlawing the use of upward-only rent review clauses; and if he will place copies of the responses in the Library. [197487] Keith Hill: The consultation on Commercial Property Leases: options for deterring or outlawing the use of upward only rent review clauses ended on 30 September. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister specifically consulted the following organisations and bodies: Property Interests Association of British Insurers Association of Properly Bankers British Council for Offices British Property Federation CoreNet Global UK Council of Mortgage Lenders House Builders Federation Investment Properly Forum National Association of Pension Funds Property Managers Association Professional/legal bodies Chancery Bar Association City of London Law Society General Council of the Bar Law Commission Law Society Royal Institute of British Architects Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Other business interests Alliance of Independent Retailers British Chambers of Commerce British Retail Consortium Confederation of British Industry Federation of Small Businesses Forum of Private Business Institute of Directors National Association of Pension Funds Small Business Bureau Devolved bodies National Assembly for Wales Northern Ireland Executive Scottish Executive Greater London Assembly Other Government bodies Countryside Agency Small Business Service Local Authority Associations Association of Chief Estates Officers Local Government Association Improvement and Development Agency Society of Local Authority Chief Executives Welsh Local Government Association Consumer bodies Consumer Congress Secretariat National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux National Consumer Council Welsh Consumer Council Environmental bodies Entrust Environment Council Friends of the Earth Greenpeace Trades Unions Trades Union Congress The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has also staged a series of well-attended seminars. A copy of the responses will be made available in the Library of the House in due course.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c1209-10W;426 c1213-4W; 197487

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Business premises Leasehold Rents Reviews

Link

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