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Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, in particular with regard to (1) the balance of rights between the building owner and adjoining owner, (2) the conflict resulting from the building owner's rights of access to the adjoining owner's property against their wishes, and (3) the impact on adjoining owners when underpinning is proposed, affecting only one wall of a terraced house.  HL9071

Question HL9071: tabled on 5 July 2023 and due for answer by 19 July 2023

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Baroness Hodgson of Abinger to ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to review the Party Wall etc. Act 1996, in particular with regard to (1) the balance of rights between the building owner and adjoining owner, (2) the conflict resulting from the building owner's rights of access to the adjoining owner's property against their wishes, and (3) the impact on adjoining owners when underpinning is proposed, affecting only one wall of a terraced house.  HL9071
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Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
Conservative
Life peer