Name: Backbench Business Committee
Uploaded: 2026-11-10T17:15:00+00:00
Duration: 2218 s
Description: Subject: Proposals for backbench debates Witness(es): Members of Parliament, Members of Parliament, House of Commons

15:00 - 15:29

Oratore 1

Order. Welcome to the meeting of the Backbench Business Committee where we will be considering applications from colleagues for debates in the chamber and in Westminster Hall on a Tuesday and Thursday. The first application is from Marie Goldman, and this is for an application for a debate on protection for homeowners targeted by Asset Invest, and this is a request for a Tuesday Westminster Hall slot.

Marie, please present your case.

15:29 - 16:40

Oratore 2

Thank you very much, Chair. I really appreciate the opportunity to apply for this. So, since the beginning of the year, my team have been contacted in my Chelmsford constituency by a number of residents who've been targeted by a company called Asset Invest, who have bought up the restrictive covenants from their title deeds to the properties in and it affects a lot of properties in my constituency, and they are trying to extort, in some cases, tens of thousands of pounds from my constituents. And I have examples of some residents who've actually paid over 0,000 because they this company targets residents, in particular, at a time when they see that the property might be up for sale on Rightmove.

So this might be because the homeowner themselves wants to move. Sometimes it's in the middle of probate, as well, and so at the risk of losing the sale they feel compelled to hand over this money. But it is having a really distressing impact on my constituents as well. And, unfortunately, people are Although we've tried to raise awareness in my constituency, it is obviously very difficult to get the word out, and people only come across this when they are about to sell their property. So they're using pressure selling tactics.

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