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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will speak to the amendments in my name in this group. I start by briefly reminding noble Lords that I am a member of the Marple neighbourhood forum, which is drawing…18 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I briefly follow-up on that question which the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, has left hanging. We seem to have several moving parts here. I do not want to detain anybody any…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI really appreciate the detail that the Minister is going into but would he concede that these initiatives are all by way of announcements rather than actual programmes for…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Crisp, has put before the Committee a powerful programme, which is actually a renewal programme for our country and for every community and…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I want to ask a question based on the remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. He said that the crucial point of the Bill and these clauses is the role and primacy of…22 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI appreciate what the Minister said about enforcement. It was in fact me who talked about that—not my noble friend Lord Shipley, as was widely said. Enforcement is vital because…22 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am speaking as a former member of the Built Environment Committee; I was a member when the committee’s report was drawn up. I thank the chairman, the noble Lord, Lord…22 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I support these amendments and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, for bringing them in front of noble Lords today. I want to focus on just one aspect of this. It…22 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I have given notice that I think Clause 77 should not stand part of the Bill. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, for her helpful introduction and…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is in the regulations.20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy noble friend suggests that Raspberry Close might be what we have as a future name. This provision illustrates everything that is wrong about the Government’s approach to…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 122A, which is in this group. Before I start, I want to say how much I appreciated the contribution just made by my noble friend Lady Harris…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI think I am right on this, although the noble Baroness might correct me. I got through the first 38 clauses and I think this was the first time I saw this particular revocation…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the noble Baroness for her response, which I am not sure entirely clarifies the situation. What she seems to be saying is that the Bill introduces a new scheme whose…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am certainly ready to respond on behalf of my Front-Bench colleague on this group, but I notice that there are two further items that it might be appropriate for me to…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, we have had a short debate and it will be very interesting to see how the Government respond to it. I wait in hope that something can be done, as my noble friend said in…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I too welcome the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, to the community of the saved. The amendments on parish councils find favour with our Front Bench. I will not go into great…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillOne part of what the noble Lord says is certainly true, because a lot of local plans are not happening at the moment. All I say is that the Bill restates that development plans…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the noble Baroness for her explanation. It is certainly helpful as far as the first parts of Clause 92 are concerned, but new paragraph (ea) is precisely the point I was…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it has been an interesting debate and I am grateful for noble Lords’ contributions. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, made very clear the key part that district councils play,…15 Mar 2023