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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThe one thing that this has not answered is the issue of the politics, looking at the West Midlands. Does the Minister not think that, if a mayor can appoint a deputy mayor to…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillAbsolutely; the noble Lord is completely correct. I was trying to get across that there should be unanimous consent for anything as serious as that matter; I thank the noble Lord…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, as others have said, this has certainly been a mixed bag of amendments, but clearly they all look at the extent of devolution, the powers and the different functions…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am finding some of this slightly confusing, so I wonder whether the noble Earl could clarify something. Is he confirming, first, that district councils can be constituent…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, we have a couple of amendments in this group, one in my name and one in the name of my noble friend Lady Taylor of Stevenage. First, Amendment 73 in my noble friend’s…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillDoes the noble Baroness agree that one of the other concerns is that such members cannot then be voted out if people do not agree with them being there?13 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, my Amendment 130 in this group would ensure that the powers to amend the important pieces of retained EU environment law do not reduce the level of environmental…08 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillApologies for intervening again, but is the Minister saying that the Bill retains by default, or just that Defra’s approach is to retain by default? Those are two very different…08 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillDefra’s approach is not the same as saying “retain by default”: is that what the Minister said “retain by default” meant when he talked about it last week? I really think we need…08 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillNeither does the noble Lord, Lord Beith!02 Mar 2023HANSARDOfficial Controls (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, for facilitating this debate. Even though we do not support fatal Motions, it is important that this debate has taken place,…01 Mar 2023HANSARDWater Companies: Water PollutionMy Lords, I feel like a stuck record on this issue; goodness only knows what the Minister feels like. He keeps assuring us that the Government are doing a lot of work here so why…01 Mar 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillPerhaps the noble Lord could write to us with a detailed explanation.28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe Minister says that the sunset can be extended to 2026, but surely we need to know which regulations the department is looking to extend. How do we know that? How is Defra…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I rise to introduce my Amendment 37. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, for her excellent introduction to her amendments and for leading our debate on this…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillTo clarify the point about interpretive effects, I point out that the letter says: “Anything preserved will be subject to clauses 3-6 of the Bill which repeal retained EU…28 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillThe default position is actually that it falls unless you have this extension. The extension mechanism, as the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, said, relies on…28 Feb 2023HANSARDLindisfarne Highly Protected Marine Conservation AreaMy Lords, the first three highly protected marine areas have been designated, as the Minister said. One is in Allonby Bay, near me, in Cumbria. While I absolutely support marine…28 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I agree that it would be very helpful, because it is a bit confusing at the moment to know exactly what is what. I would appreciate that. I thank the noble Lord, Lord…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who took part in this debate. The main takeaway for me is that it is crystal clear that the model is very problematic and that we need a proper…27 Feb 2023