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HANSARDBuilding Safety UpdateMy Lords, I thank the Minister for the Statement that she has repeated. On this side, we welcome it and the determination shown by the Secretary of State to deliver the outcomes…14 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I apologise for not being present on the first group that the Committee discussed today, courtesy of Avanti trains. We now have three very important amendments, which go…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillHas the noble Baroness given any consideration to one of the provisions here about the statement that the mayor must make on consent by the constituent councils? I think she said…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this has been rather a depressing afternoon. We have had a long debate about where money was coming from, and the answer is, “There isn’t any”. Now we are on to a debate…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThe Minister has mentioned that we should wait for the regulations. It might be helpful in this instance and several others if it were possible to bring forward some draft…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI approached it from the opposite direction: if indeed it should be a matter for local people to decide because they are best equipped to understand what terminology might be…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI will speak very briefly; I will certainly not debate with the Minister all 35 amendments. I am taking on a brief inspection that these are indeed just minor and consequential. I…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it is late. I will try to be quick. I want to pick up what the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, referred to as “operation blank cheque”. The bit of the Bill that we are looking…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI appreciate the Minster’s reply, but if I could press him a little more, does he see any way at all in which we could differentiate what he is suggesting from the traditional…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 20 in this group, calling for the provision of safe and affordable homes for all. It references a definition of affordable homes that appears…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I rise primarily to speak to Amendment 57, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Valentine, which was very eloquently supported in detail by what she just had to say. I…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas. They have laid some very important foundations for my Amendment…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI apologise to the Minister for intervening again, but can I press her? Of course, that is all worth while, but will that analysis be on a regional basis or simply on a…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI appreciate what the Minister is saying, and it is not part of my case that investing in green jobs has been a failure. My point was that investing in green jobs has been very…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will speak to the amendments in my name, but I could not begin without commenting on the three very powerful speeches which have just been made. I hope very much that…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I agree with a great deal of what the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, has said about the need for monitoring and evaluating any government process, but…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling Up FundMy Lords, on 21 December last year, the Minister told me in a Written Answer that the bid on behalf of Marple community hub was being “assessed”. Well, it failed to make the…24 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, first, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, on her excellent and feisty maiden speech. We look forward to hearing more from her, and more…17 Jan 2023HANSARDHousing (Built Environment Committee Report)My Lords, I start by declaring my interests as an honorary president of the National Home Improvement Council and an honorary fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers. For the…08 Nov 2022HANSARDHealthy Homes Bill [HL]My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord and to offer my support for this very important Bill. I cannot bring the same distinguished background and retrospective…15 Jul 2022