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HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I declare that I have relevant interests in local government, as recorded in the register. I hope the Minister has understood every bit of what he has read out, because…03 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025I thank the Minister for seeking to respond to my question about whether any local authorities will lose as a consequence of these changes, alongside the other changes that were…03 Mar 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportMy Lords, 72 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire seven years ago in the most horrifying of circumstances. This phase 2 report on the Grenfell Tower inquiry from Martin…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, Amendment 70 is in the names of my noble friends Lord Storey and Lord Shipley, neither of whom is able to be here. They estimated that this group of amendments, being…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, there are some very important and interesting issues in this group of amendments. The first is about the provision of foundation courses to enable young people to move…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, Clause 5 is an interesting add-on to the legislation as a whole, which is focused on non-domestic rates as applied to business premises. Here, we suddenly have one…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI accept the argument that was being made but the point I am making is not that point—that there is a net benefit to the Treasury, so the Government believe—but that both sets of…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 66, 64 and 69B. Children in Armed Forces families have a very difficult time. My noble friend Lady Garden of Frognal’s husband was in the…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, Amendments 60 and 61 are important, focusing on children with special educational needs and disabilities. SEND provision is in crisis across the country, whichever…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI have very little to say in response to the strong plea from the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, to improve sporting facilities and physical education for all our children in all our…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI thank the Minister for his response. He made the case for Amendment 70 in the name of my noble friends, I think. When I moved the amendment, I cited the 10,000 children expected…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI thank the Minister. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Jamieson and Lord de Clifford, for their supportive comments, as the Minister was not so helpful. Businesses require clarity…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Jamieson—also known as the noble Baroness, Lady Scott—and Lord Thurlow, for the amendments in this group. I have always in principle…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I have tabled Amendments 7 and 24 in this group and have added my name to Amendments 14, 31 and 41 in the name of my noble friend Lord Fox. I have also added my name in…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Bybrook, for this group of amendments which seeks to exempt so-called anchor stores from high streets. We could do with a…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillIn which case, I apologise to the Minister. I must have missed that bit of his explanation. We have been saying right from the start that Covid relief would be the definition for…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, Amendments 16, 34 and 42 in my name and that of my noble friend Lord Fox seek to provide a much-needed definition for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses, which…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill“Fair and sustainable”.24 Feb 2025