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HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Oh, the noble Baroness is there; I was looking for her in the place in which she sat on Monday. She moved, just to confuse me. This is the trouble with picking things up later.…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]Just before the Minister sits down, I really do not think that that is what we are trying to achieve. It is just to try to bring in a definition of something. If you have an…13 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, this is an important group of amendments, which focus on what we believe work in this country should look like. There are a number of amendments in the name of my noble…13 Jul 2022HANSARDBuilding etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022That this House regrets that the Building etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022 will not apply to a significant number of buildings and that it has taken five years since…12 Jul 2022HANSARDBuilding etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I thank the Minister for her very considered response and her offer to write to me with more detail around the enforcement; that is very much appreciated. I also thank…12 Jul 2022HANSARDBuilding etc. (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, five years on from the tragedy at Grenfell Tower, the 72 people who lost their lives and the dozens more who were injured must always be at the front of our minds. I…12 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 43 and 51 in this group and comment on the other amendments. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, for supporting Amendment 43.…11 Jul 2022HANSARDLocal Authority (Housing Allocation) Bill [HL]My Lords, it was really good to hear the noble Lord, Lord Mann, introduce his Bill. To me, it seems eminently sensible and practical as a way forward, so I assure him that we…08 Jul 2022HANSARDSewage Disposal in Rivers and Coastal WatersMy Lords, this has been a really good debate. I congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Oates, on securing it. I also join him in paying tribute to Feargal Sharkey, who has done so much…07 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I must say, I find the utilities section of this quite confusing in some areas. The more clarification we can get from the Minister, the better. It is not just this bit;…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, for tabling these amendments in the first place, and I thank those Members who put their names to them. It is important…06 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, where do I start? This is a really important and long-awaited Bill, so it is incredibly disappointing that, after so much time, the Bill was not fit to have been…04 Jul 2022HANSARDProcurement Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been an interesting debate. It has been interesting to listen to comments on this area, particularly from the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, and my noble…04 Jul 2022HANSARDRoma Community: Levelling UpMy Lords, my noble friend asked about the national strategy and progress, but surely one of the problems is the Government’s ongoing resistance to cross-departmental strategies on…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, this has been a fairly short but excellent debate on this Bill, enhanced by the really good speech of the noble Viscount, Lord Camrose. I warmly welcome him to this…27 Jun 2022HANSARDUnited Kingdom: The UnionMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, for bringing this excellent debate to the House. It has been extremely interesting and was very much enhanced by the valedictory…23 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersMy Lords, by planning to remove Section 21, the Government have rightly recognised that security of tenure is one of the biggest issues for renters. The White Paper talks about…22 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to their English Housing Survey: a segmentation analysis of private renters , published on 16 June, what plans they have to improve…22 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentMy Lords, the housebuilding index produced by the Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply found that, last month, residential construction slowed to levels last seen during…21 Jun 2022HANSARDAnimal Welfare: Tourist Attractions, Activities and ExperiencesI thank the Minister for his response, but Save the Asian Elephants has identified some 1,200 companies in the UK promoting 300 unethical elephant attractions overseas. Can the…20 Jun 2022