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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this is probably one of the key groups of amendments on planning in the Bill, as it sets out the strategic framework under which local plans will be created and planning…22 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the noble Earl very much for that information. The danger then is that, if an old software system containing planning applications from before the new software was…22 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I apologise for interrupting. I wonder whether the Minister has any statistics about the problem that these clauses are trying to solve. What is the extent of the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, Part 3, Chapter 1 of the Bill, entitled “Planning Data”, asks more questions than it answers. I will be grateful if the Minister can answer some of them. First, what is…22 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I totally agree with the amendments in this group and thank the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, for bringing our attention to this issue before we start addressing the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, for their support. The right reverend Prelate has been at the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023I thank the Minister for pointing that out. I will see what the legislation says. I am very disappointed with her response and the response to the request by the Secondary…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023That this House regrets that in laying the Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/126) His Majesty’s Government have not…21 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2023My Lords, the regret Motion standing in my name is critical of the Government’s response to those leaseholders who have been adversely impacted by a government error, which the…21 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI apologise to the Minister for interrupting her reply, but she seems to be listing all the ways in which the Government are providing help to businesses via different reliefs for…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the government amendment, which concedes a principle of public bodies—the police—being able to use less than best consideration for…20 Mar 2023HANSARDPassports: Strike Action and Voter IDMy Lords, this delay in passport applications will undoubtedly lead to some people not having the relevant voter ID available to them on the day in order to vote. Another…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will comment briefly on the three amendments in this group, starting with Amendment 511 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, about capital…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I want briefly to point to what I regard as the principle behind all the discussion that we have had tonight; that is, the difference between the powers of the London…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I totally agree with what the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, said about his Amendment 474 and the complexity of the system. It is difficult for businesses to…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Scriven and Lord Shipley for raising this important part of the levelling-up agenda. I of course also thank the noble Lord, Lord Young of…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI apologise for interrupting the Minister. She has said that the decision will be made only if it is supported democratically. Yet Clause 33(4)(b) says that “at least two thirds…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, obviously, I completely support the argument of my noble friend Lady Harris of Richmond that Clause 32 and the other clauses in this group should not stand part of the…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it is by pure chance that this debate follows so neatly after the one we have just had about fiscal devolution and fiscal powers for devolved authorities. Unless we…15 Mar 2023