On 3 July 2009, the Department for Communities and Local Government published its report on the monitoring of the Code for Leasing Business Premises in England and Wales 2007. The report concluded that awareness of, and advice on, the Code was limited and that it played only a minor role (if at all) in negotiations. The general opinion, among those involved in negotiating leases, was that leases were now "flexible and fair" and that the Code was unnecessary.
