Clive Betts, Labour MP for Sheffield South East and widely respected chair of the Communities Select Committee, told MPs during the debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill that the government could remove onerous ground rents from existing leases without breaching the European Court of Human Rights rules. He did so in reference to … Continue reading Clive Betts: removing onerous ground rents is ‘completely compatible with the European convention on human rights’