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HANSARDRecall Petitions: Voter IDMy Lords, the Answer is, yes, it is set out in legislation that voter identification is required in order for an elector to sign the signing sheet in person at an MP recall…10 Jul 2023HANSARDRecall Petitions: Voter IDMy noble friend is right. We are very encouraged by the first interim report from the Electoral Commission, but there is a lot more work to be done. It was only an interim…10 Jul 2023HANSARDRecall Petitions: Voter IDMy Lords, there will be a lot of changes in respect of overseas voters. I will have to write to the noble Lord on recall petitions.10 Jul 2023HANSARDRecall Petitions: Voter IDMy noble friend is right. We have had this debate over and over again, and it is clear that many countries, including Northern Ireland, have voter ID. It works very well, and the…10 Jul 2023HANSARDRecall Petitions: Voter IDMy Lords, the Government are confident about the outcomes. The initial evidence shows that it was a very successful first step. We are pleased to see the Electoral Commission’s…10 Jul 2023HANSARDRecall Petitions: Voter IDMy Lords, my noble friend raises an interesting point. The Government have no plans to look back at the way in which recall petitions are done, but I am more than happy to talk to…10 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Vagrancy Act 1824My Lords, the Government are clear that the Vagrancy Act is antiquated and not fit for purpose and that people should not be criminalised for simply having nowhere to live. When…10 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Vagrancy Act 1824As I have said, this is a really complex issue. We need to get this right and to be talking to people. The noble Lord is right that we have committed to repeal the Vagrancy Act as…10 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Vagrancy Act 1824The noble Lord should know that we have the private renters’ Bill starting in the Commons shortly, which will include the repeal of Section 21.10 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Vagrancy Act 1824My Lords, the Vagrancy Act, as I have said, is an outdated piece of legislation; I agree with the noble Baroness that it needs repealing. However, the House rules on admissibility…10 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Vagrancy Act 1824My Lords, I am sure the House realises that I cannot possibly confirm that as I cannot pre-empt anything that might be in the King’s Speech.10 Jul 2023HANSARDWindrush Generation: 75th AnniversaryMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Murray of Blidworth for tabling this important and special debate. It is right that the House takes this opportunity to honour a landmark…07 Jul 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThat the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 13, Schedule 1, Clauses 14 to 25, Schedule 2, Clauses 26 to 31, Schedule…04 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Homewards InitiativeI thank the noble Baroness for that—I know her passion for that particularly vulnerable community. Local authorities do have a responsibility to find those sites; we will continue…04 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Homewards InitiativeThe noble Baroness is right, which is why, in the Government’s strategy Ending Rough Sleeping f or Good , which was backed by £2 billion last year, we recognise the particular…04 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Homewards InitiativeWe are responding by offering support through initiatives such as spending £500 million on rough sleeping initiatives between now and 2025. Under the ending rough sleeping for…04 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Homewards InitiativeMy noble friend is absolutely right, and I welcome the Prince of Wales’s initiative. Maybe other larger landowners across this country could also look at those initiatives, as…04 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Homewards InitiativeNo; it has affected the economic stability of the whole world. We are working continually to try to get back to those Covid levels.04 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Homewards InitiativeWe welcome the Prince of Wales’s Homewards initiative and his interest and support in tackling homelessness. The Government have made the unprecedented commitment to end rough…04 Jul 2023HANSARDHomelessness: Homewards InitiativeMy Lords, I can assure the noble Lord that the Prince of Wales announced at the same time that he would undertake to make some of the Duchy of Cornwall land available for…04 Jul 2023