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HANSARDVoter IdentificationMy Lords, I have relevant interests recorded in the register. Experience tells us that there are likely to be very large numbers of last-minute applications for the voter ID…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillWe are laughing but in the end, it is no joke. It means that people are isolated and unable to get to employment. It is not just rural areas such as the noble Baroness’s. In one…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI want to know who measured that.22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, three issues have been raised by this small group: defining geographies—we talked a lot about geographies and spatial disparities— and granularity; independent scrutiny,…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, has raised some significant points in her amendments in this group. The first is to include in the Bill the engagement of…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, good debate. I agree.22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, we have a lot of scrutiny of this Bill before us. Before we start, I want to explore what is meant by levelling up, and whether there is a broad agreement as to its…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this is an important group of amendments to tease out the Government’s intentions as to the scrutiny of the success or otherwise of their actions in levelling up. While…20 Feb 2023HANSARDCapital Projects: Spending DecisionsMy Lords, I remind the House of my relevant interests. The highly respected and independent Institute for Government wrote last month that the levelling-up fund “is another…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the Minister for her response to the question I posed, which was to try to establish greater clarity on what we mean by levelling up before we start debating the 500-plus…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, we have had a really good debate on something as fundamental as the meaning of devolution. Throughout today we have been thinking about definitions of words. Devolution…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this has been an important and interesting debate about new missions to be added to the levelling-up agenda. Quite rightly, the Government have been thrown a challenge…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Foster of Bath for raising this very important issue and for providing an evidence base and powerful argument in support of rural…20 Feb 2023HANSARDVulnerable Households: Energy CostsMy Lords, it is estimated that there will be 8.4 million households in fuel poverty by next April. The warm home discount is clearly not sufficient or adequate to meet that need.…31 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling Up FundMy Lords, in response to a question earlier, the Minister said that the assessment was made by excluding those councils that had already received funding. Were those councils told…24 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling Up: Funding AllocationThe Minister has just said that competitive funding is an effective way of accessing this funding pot. There were 525 bids in this latest round; only 111 were successful; that…23 Jan 2023HANSARDLocal Government (Structural Changes) (Supplementary Provision and Amendment) Order 2023My Lords, I start by reminding the Committee of my interests in the register: I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association and a serving councillor on Kirklees…23 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillFollow that. My Lords, this has been an excellent debate on levelling up. What is good for the Minister is that everyone agrees that we need to be levelled up. Not such good news…17 Jan 2023HANSARDAsylum Seekers: Local Authority AccommodationMy Lords, the Minister said in response to an earlier question that accommodation should be adequate and of a reasonable quality for asylum seekers. Yet we know, from report after…16 Jan 2023