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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, building safety remediation comes back again. I thank the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, and the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, for sharing their expert knowledge and…18 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, has raised a fundamental issue of human rights and dignity. I am really surprised that the Government have so far failed to…18 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, is absolutely right to raise this as an important issue. Currently, planning, in the sense of local authority planning…18 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill18 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Earl, Lord Howe, for his extremely long, detailed and careful response to the issues I raised about the repair of schools and hospitals. I remind the…18 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I remind the House of my relevant interests as a councillor and a vice-president of the Local Government Association. Throughout the debates on the Bill, we have all…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillBefore the noble Earl sits down—I thank him for the reply—can he just confirm that the Government are willing for council tax payers to subsidise planning applications, which are…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this is a good day. I thank all noble Lords who have worked hard with the Government to get to a place where there is landscape protection for those areas of outstanding…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the important amendments that the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, has tabled to the Bill demonstrate how wide-ranging the Bill is. These amendments…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I ought to start by saying that I am a member of the Woodland Trust and therefore protection of woodland is very important to me, so I wholly support the noble Baroness,…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the noble Earl, Lord Howe, who is not in his place, for the long and careful response he gave to the amendment on planning fees, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Young of…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this may be the fourth occasion in the House on which I have debated pavement licensing. There is obviously a reason for that; we have not got the regulations quite…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, here we are on day seven of Report, and up pops yet another amendment on a completely new topic. It is so out of scope that, to debate it, the Long Title of the Bill has…13 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords for this constructive debate. It has been wonderful to hear expertise from across the House on such an important issue as environmental…13 Sept 2023HANSARDNew HomesMy Lords, I have relevant interests in this Question. Councils’ local plans incorporate their share of the national housing targets. Can the Minister explain how national housing…12 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I just wish to speak to Amendment 199 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley. I repeat my relevant interests at the outset: I am a councillor and a vice-president…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, was absolutely right when he introduced his amendment in saying that this is the most important part of the Bill and is at the…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I added my name to Amendment 271A in the name of the Minister and thank him for the meeting we had to discuss it. My Liberal Democrat colleague, Councillor Gerald…06 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, before I make a few comments about swift bricks, I thought I would address my remarks to the two amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley. He is making a…06 Sept 2023