ALYN and Deeside MP Mark Tami has pressed the housing minister to ensure nobody is left behind in a leasehold scandal.

On Wednesday there was a Westminster Hall debate tasked with getting an update from the Government on what progress has been made on leasehold reform.

The campaign for leasehold reform has been going for five years now as campaigners want to see the abolition of residential leasehold in England and Wales, as well as full and proper redress for the millions of people currently trapped in leasehold properties.

Mark Tami MP has in the past labelled leasehold residential tenure “a scam”.

The Housing Minister addressed a number of MPs who had used the debate to stress the importance of urgent reform and discussed what the Government is doing moving forward.

Mr Tami intervened, stating: “The minister talks about going forward, which is great, but we must go back too.

“We cannot leave behind the people who have been sold a pup.”

The Minister did then go on to say that the Government is working with the Law Commission to look at ways to support those already affected.

Mr Tami stated after the debate: “I am pleased that the Minister and her Department recognise the importance of reform and she reaffirmed her commitment to ban leaseholds from being sold in the future. It is however important not to forget about those already affected. I stand by my previous assessment that this is a national scam and I will not stop until justice is brought to those who have been caught up in it.”