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  Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill - New Clause 1 - Ground Rent for Existing Long Leases
  
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  @ MP voted aye to restrict ground rents on all existing long residential leases to a peppercorn
  @ MP voted no not to restrict ground rents on all existing long residential leases to a peppercorn
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to restrict ground rents on all existing long residential leases to a peppercorn
  
  MPs were considering the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill.[1][2][3]
  
  The proposed new clause rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was: ''Ground rent for existing long leases'' and stated:
  
  :Within 30 days of the day on which this Act comes into force, the Secretary of State must publish draft legislation to restrict ground rents on all existing long residential leases to a peppercorn.â
  
  The rejected amendment was accompanied by the following explanatory statement from its proposer:
   
  :This new clause aims to ensure that the Government introduces further legislation to remove ground rent for all leaseholders, whereas the Act currently only applies to newly established leases.
  
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  * [1] [https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2864 Parliament's webpage on the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill], Parliament.uk
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0214/210214v2.pdf Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill, as amended in Committee, 9 December 2021], Parliament.uk
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-02/0164/en/210164en.pdf Explanatory notes to the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill, 15 September 2021], Parliament.uk
  
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