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HANSARDBuilding etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I am pleased that the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, has brought this to the House, because it is very important that we think of the terrible deaths, and the…12 Jul 2022HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Evacuation of Disabled ResidentsMy Lords, the Prime Minister gave an undertaking that every recommendation of the Grenfell inquiry would be implemented in full. PEEPs were a clear recommendation of that inquiry.…25 May 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, as the person who has just had his name mentioned, I will start my very brief contribution by saying that there will be noble Lords who have a lot of criticism of what…26 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords—25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillI thank the noble Lord for giving me a turn. The case for removing these two clauses has been very powerfully made already and my point is a very simple one which will not take…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for her reply and for the much greater level of detail that she has provided on this occasion, which I very much welcome. She has…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, Amendment 71, in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Wallace of Saltaire, relates to the implementation of Clause 13, which deals with the qualification for voting…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections Bill25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillWill the Minister develop her point about the repayment of postal charges? Perhaps she could explain to noble Lords a little more fully what that implies. To my knowledge, a…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I support this amendment. It is about as modest as it could be without doing anything. It is saying that there should be a review over the next 12 months, at which point…25 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillI want to support what the noble Lord, Lord Woolley, has said, and perhaps try to pre-empt the Minister in her reply. In Committee, two reasons were given. One was a mitigation…06 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, the case is there. We rehearsed it extensively in Committee. At the time, we heard some very interesting arguments put forward by the Minister. I hope that he has had…06 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I simply want to declare an interest in that, if this amendment is passed, I should be a beneficiary of it. When I first stood, as the noble Lord referred to, it was…06 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, I have a great deal of sympathy with what the noble Lord, Lord Hayward, has put in front of your Lordships just now. I would have hoped to hear a much more vigorous…06 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, it has been a very wide-ranging debate, considering it is Report. I wonder if the House would accept me just focusing as far as possible on the business in hand and the…06 Apr 2022HANSARDElections BillMy Lords, Amendment 44 is in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle. The question of the franchise and of entitlement has surfaced in the course of…06 Apr 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, it has been an interesting debate so far and I hope that I will not let the standard drop. Three excellent amendments have been proposed. I have added my name to…29 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, first, we very much welcome the way the Government have moved on this. We appreciate that the Minister has aimed to build consensus for the changes and amendments that…29 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety Bill29 Mar 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI heard what the Minister had to say; it does not answer the concerns raised, so we wish to test the opinion of the House.29 Mar 2022