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HANSARDHousing: Manifesto CommitmentMy Lords, following on from the question from the noble Lord, Lord Mackenzie, does the Minister agree that the Government should promote carbon-neutral homes with clean energy…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I will be brief. First, let me say that we absolutely support Amendment 491, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Wigley, which raises a very real concern. It strikes me that his…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been an interesting debate that I hope has been helpful to the Minister. I have three amendments in this group. Amendment 273 requires that one KPI is compliant…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall be very brief, as time is ticking away. I start by saying that we completely support Amendment 436 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. It is really…26 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Can the Minister clarify the question around Schedule 7 or will we perhaps discuss that when we get together at the meeting?26 Oct 2022HANSARDEnvironment Act 2021: TargetsMy Lords, despite compelling evidence of the harm caused by toxic air, the Government repeatedly resisted attempts to put World Health Organization targets into the Environment…25 Oct 2022HANSARDGrowth Plan 2022My Lords, the Minister mentioned the environmental land management schemes. The Secretary of State—or is he now the previous Secretary of State?—had to deny plans that the new…25 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I also start by welcoming the Minister to her new role. I thank her and her officials for having a useful meeting with us ahead of today. Let me say how pleased we are…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I have a few amendments in this group. The first is Amendment 235A, which was brought forward as a probing amendment so that we could consider the direct award of…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Perhaps I might add that what the Minister said makes a lot of sense and is helpful, but one of the problems we have is that we do not know how effective it is going to be and…24 Oct 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]I shall be extremely brief as the noble Lord, Lord Fox, has already covered a lot of the concerns that your Lordships feel. Following on from that, we need some clarification…24 Oct 2022HANSARDWarm HubsMy Lords, in addition to supporting organisations in providing warm hubs, since 2011 the Labour-led Government in Wales have invested almost £400 million into more than 67,000…20 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, we believe that this is a very important Bill and broadly, it has our support. Today, we are discussing areas where we think it could be improved. I thank the Minister…18 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall introduce my Amendment 23. I thank the Minister for her introduction of her amendments, for listening to the debate on this in Committee and for bringing the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, having looked at the classification process on the ONS website, I see that it states: “HM Treasury may … submit policy proposals for classification advice from the…18 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]Could we perhaps have the official response to the Treasury, if it has put forward a request?18 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I have listened very carefully to the Minister’s response to my amendment. However, my strong feeling—which is supported, as I said, by Grenfell United—is that…18 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]18 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall be brief because much has been said that needs to be said, and we had quite a debate on this in Committee. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Best, for the amendments…18 Oct 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I reiterate what the noble Baroness has said. It is good that what was said in Committee was listened to. We support the amendments and thank the Minister.18 Oct 2022