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HANSARDPlant Health etc. (Miscellaneous Fees) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Benyon, I beg to move the Motions standing in his name on the Order Paper en bloc.29 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 19 May be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 20 June.27 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend Lord Benyon, I beg to move the Motion standing in his name on the Order Paper.27 Jun 2022HANSARDConstruction Contracts (England) Exclusion Order 2022My Lords, I think the Minister has now taken his seat.13 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyI do not think that anyone could disagree that we learned a number of lessons from the failure of the green homes grant—but we need to understand that its primary objective was to…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyThere is no one-size-fits-all approach to tackling the UK’s diverse housing stock—that is part of the problem. Successfully delivering a retrofitting scheme has to balance a…09 Jun 2022HANSARDConstitutional CommissionAs the noble Lord is going over his speaking limit, perhaps he could bring his comments to an end.09 Jun 2022HANSARDConstitutional CommissionPerhaps the noble Lord could come to a close. We are very short of time today.09 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyThe government response to the Public Accounts Committee report on the green homes grant voucher scheme, published on 24 February 2022, discussed a number of lessons. IPSOS is…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyI could not agree more with the thrust of the noble Baroness’s question. The heat and buildings strategy is designed to provide a long-term framework for these initiatives. We are…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyMy noble friend will be aware of the boiler upgrade grant scheme, which was just launched in May. That will provide capital grants to support the installation of low-carbon heat…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyThe noble Baroness makes a very good point that I shall definitely take back to my other department, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities—building regulations…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyThe noble Baroness makes a very good point. These questions are really for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, but the Government are committed to the new…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyI cannot answer that specific point but, if the noble Lord had been present yesterday at the University of Birmingham’s presentation on this, he would understand that a lot of…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyThat follows on from my answer to the noble Baroness, Lady Blackstone, about how we are trying to improve supply chain capacity and upskill the workforce. We learned these lessons…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyI am afraid I do not have in my brief the exact timing for when we will publish the results of that, but I will perhaps write to the noble Baroness with a response and put a copy…09 Jun 2022HANSARDRetrofitting Buildings: National StrategyI draw my noble friend’s attention to Selly Oak’s project to retrofit many of its poor council houses. This is under way at the moment, but it seems to be having a much better…09 Jun 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechI am sorry, my Lords, but there is an advisory speaking time of five minutes and the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, is well over.18 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechCould the noble Baroness bring her comments to a close, please?16 May 2022HANSARDProfessional Qualifications Bill [HL]My Lords, I start by thanking your Lordships for the constructive approach that has been in evidence throughout the Bill’s passage. We have had robust discussion and debates, and…05 Apr 2022