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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, before we begin Report, I want to make some points to draw the House’s attention to our concerns about the Government’s approach to the proper and timely legislative…11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response to quite a charged debate. I thought I was quite good on the geography of the West Midlands, but I learned a bit tonight. We are…11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group, all regarding the funding for the levelling-up proposals that the Government have been working on for some time. One of the…11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for her comments in this debate and the Minister for her response. Although I am not absolutely and entirely convinced by…11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group, as do other noble Lords. I shall talk your Lordships’ House through why I felt we needed to put these amendments down.…11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this brief debate, and the Minister for her, as always, very thorough response. However, I do not think that she has been able to…11 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I just want to say that we also welcome these amendments and that I support everything that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, said.11 Jul 2023HANSARDRecall Petitions: Voter IDMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Pickles, talked about the initial report from the Electoral Commission. Our concern is that it showed that many thousands of people were turned…10 Jul 2023HANSARDEnvironment (Local Nature Recovery Strategies) (Procedure) Regulations 2023My Lords, I start by thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Willis of Summertown, for her expert introduction to her concerns about the statutory instrument before us today. We know…10 Jul 2023HANSARDLive Animals: Export BanMy Lords, the Minister said he hopes this is going to be a government Bill, so why does he not just bring back the kept animals Bill?10 Jul 2023HANSARDWater Industry: Financial ResilienceMy Lords, back in December last year, Ofwat outlined concerns about the financial resilience of several water companies, and now we see that the ratings agency S&P has negative…04 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, Amendment 29 was tabled just to probe the possibility of reducing the threshold for small business rate relief, particularly in consideration of our high streets. We…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillI thank the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, for bringing the amendments on penalties forward because a number of questions around compliance and the penalties regime have been drawn to…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillI thank noble Lords for the debate we have had on this, and I thank the Minister for her thorough response to the debate. I thank her particularly for her assurances regarding the…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, I will be very brief. The noble Earl, Lord Lytton, has laid out his concerns very clearly and in great detail. At the least, we need clarification. We have talked about…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating Bill03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 5 in this group. Its purpose is to probe the expiration date for heat network relief. For example, why have the Government come up with 2030 in this…03 Jul 2023