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I have lobbied my MP on this but she is in favour of privatistion.
My view is that if its not broken, works well and is self-funding, then no one government has the right to sell HM Land Registry at a profit. It should require a 75% majority in parliament to sell off a state asset. There is a conflict of interest if a government gains from its own decision to sell any state asset. A secondary protection against a conflict might be that the profit should be set aside and only made available for use by the next goverment or an other party that gains power.
I think we need to direct our criticism at the conflict of interest issue as I feel we will be more successful in opposing the philosophy that all things privatised are better.