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HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, for opening this group. The issues of database fees and possession restrictions are of real significance, and this group is…14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Manchester for this amendment on powers of entry into properties. Of course, there is a fine line here: we are trying to…14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillSurely there is a budget, or even a proposed budget, that will go to the Treasury to deliver this scheme.14 May 2025HANSARDHigh Streets (Built Environment Committee Report)My Lords, I draw attention to my interest on the register as vice-president of the Local Government Association. The Built Environment Committee’s report makes wide-ranging and…13 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, these amendments have raised the serious and emotive issue of the reality of tenants living in poor housing conditions and the remedies that are available when landlords…12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I want to make it very clear that we will not have had six days in Committee. I quite agree with the noble Lord, Lord Shipley. I do not feel that I can open this group…12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, for bringing these amendments to the Committee. As we on this side have consistently said throughout, we support the Bill’s…12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, the amendments I have tabled in this group are to probe the Government’s decision to define a family in the way they have in Clause 21. The Explanatory Notes to this…12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Black of Brentwood for his amendments. I also thank my noble friends Lord Lexden and Lady Coffey for their contributions, as well as the…12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI thank the Minister for her reply, and for the insight into this issue from the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey. On these Benches, we recognise the challenging balance the Government…12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, first, I am really disappointed because a number of noble Lords who have been involved in all these debates over the past four days in Committee are unable to be in…12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, my amendments in this group are intended to probe the Government’s decisions on rental bidding and to better understand the rationale behind this section of the Bill. I…12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI am grateful to the Minister for her response, but I do not think that we have quite got to a better understanding of the Government’s reasons for defining a family in this way;…12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillSorry. While we are talking about this, does the Minister not think that what could happen—and what may happen—is that the level of rents will be above what they would normally…12 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill12 May 2025HANSARDClimate Change: Wildfire Strategy and Action PlanMy Lords, I think we are all aware of the devastating recent fires in Los Angeles. If we understand correctly, part of that was due to underinvestment and lack of planning…08 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, Clause 14 aims to strengthen the transparency of rental agreements by requiring landlords to provide written terms at the outset of a tenancy. This is a welcome step…06 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI am a little bit confused as to where we go on this. We are hearing that there is no product at the moment, and there are differing views as to whether there will be a product.…06 May 2025