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HANSARDPublic Spending: InheritanceMy Lords, I take this opportunity to welcome the Minister to his role. I am sure he will bring the same intellect and consideration to the Government Benches as he did in…30 Jul 2024HANSARDHate CrimesI know of many efforts across the country, locally and nationally, to bring leaders of different faiths together and make statements of unity. That is something the Government…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHate CrimesMy Lords, hate crimes recorded by the police decreased by 5% last year. This reflects the crime survey statistics, which show a decline in hate crime reported over the last 15…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHate CrimesMy Lords, we have seen an increase in reporting and recording of hate crime over the last decade or so. There has been a small decrease in the last year, but, overall, that is…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHate CrimesMy Lords, I think my noble friend’s experience bears out the statistics that we saw announced by the Community Security Trust last week, showing the highest number of reported…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHate CrimesMy Lords, the Government committed to break down the recording of hate crime first by religion and then more recently by race. That provides us with an important insight into the…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHate CrimesMy Lords, the Government fund a number of organisations to work in the space. On the Inter Faith Network specifically, the Secretary of State decided to withdraw the offer of…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHate CrimesMy Lords, one of the most recent announcements from the Government in this area is indeed additional funding through the Department for Education to schools to increase education…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHate CrimesMy noble friend is absolutely right that working at a local level is key to giving people more confidence in reporting, but it is also really important in thinking about solutions…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHate CrimesMy Lords, I have not had the same feedback as the noble Baroness. As I say, it was this Government that brought in the disaggregation of hate crimes by different religions to help…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHate CrimesMy Lords, we have both systems in place. We fully support lawful freedom of speech; it generates rigorous debate and is incredibly important to our society. But it is not an…21 Feb 2024HANSARDHousing: Section 21 EvictionsMy Lords, we have always set out our intention, in the White Paper that preceded the Bill and in the guidance that goes alongside the Bill, that we will need to give six months’…20 Feb 2024HANSARDHousing: Section 21 EvictionsMy Lords, I looked very carefully at what my right honourable friend said, and he said that we will have outlawed it by the next general election—we will have passed the Bill and…20 Feb 2024HANSARDHousing: Section 21 EvictionsMy Lords, the position since the White Paper and the introduction of the Bill has been that we will need to give six months’ notice on the implementation of Section 21 for new…20 Feb 2024HANSARDHousing: Section 21 EvictionsThe noble Lord is right that landlords have nothing to fear from the removal of Section 21. Where they have a valid reason, landlords will be able to get their properties back. As…20 Feb 2024HANSARDHousing: Section 21 EvictionsMy Lords, we are not only putting more money into the courts system but strengthening the rights of tenants and seeking to put in place a process that avoids the need to go to…20 Feb 2024HANSARDHousing: Section 21 EvictionsMy Lords, the vast majority of landlords do an excellent job, but we know that a small minority use the threat of Section 21 evictions to hike up rents or intimidate tenants into…20 Feb 2024HANSARDHousing: Section 21 EvictionsMy Lords, we keep this matter closely under review. We do not see evidence of a reduction of available rental properties in the market and would be concerned if we did. We have…20 Feb 2024HANSARDHousing: Section 21 EvictionsThe noble Lord is right that, if we increase the supply of homes, whether for private rent, social rent or home ownership, we will alleviate pressure in the market and bring down…20 Feb 2024HANSARDHousing: Section 21 EvictionsMy noble friend is absolutely right that the vast majority of landlords do a great job. The availability of private rented accommodation is a really important part of our property…20 Feb 2024