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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI think I have just said that we are currently consulting on what will be in those. I would prefer to wait until after that consultation and then we will know what is going to be…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI will look to the evidence but, as I have clearly stated many times, we are expecting the same if not more housing, particularly affordable housing, from this infrastructure…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI take that point. We have talked about the different rates from different development typologies, and we expect local authorities to set different rates. As the noble Baroness…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, Amendments 313 and 317 propose to make the levy voluntary for local authorities or to introduce it through a pilot system. I acknowledge that the reforms we are…18 May 2023HANSARDRedcar SteelworksNo, it is up to the mayor to decide the best people to be on his board. We have seen absolutely no evidence—if there is any, we would like to see it—of corruption, wrongdoing or…17 May 2023HANSARDResidential LeaseholdMy Lords, as I have said before, property law is fiendishly complex. It is absolutely right that the Government take the time needed to make sure that the reforms are right. As I…17 May 2023HANSARDResidential LeaseholdThe Government are working with the Law Commission; we have asked it to recommend reforms to commonhold legislation, and it published its report in July 2020. We are considering…17 May 2023HANSARDRedcar SteelworksI am not going to respond to a question on British Steel, but I can say that public money—quite rightly—has decontaminated the site and taken away all the hazards, and therefore…17 May 2023HANSARDRedcar SteelworksI am sorry; I do not have an answer to that question, but I will take it forward to Defra and we will get an answer.17 May 2023HANSARDRedcar SteelworksThe mayor has offered a review. We have only just got that letter; we are considering it. The public funding we put in did not create any positive land value. It was designed to…17 May 2023HANSARDRedcar SteelworksMy Lords, the department has seen no evidence of corruption, wrongdoing or illegality within the South Tees Development Corporation. The mayor and the combined authority are…17 May 2023HANSARDRedcar SteelworksMy Lords, the noble Lord is correct; the Mayor of Tees Valley has written to the Secretary of State, giving his full support for an independent review. The department will reply…17 May 2023HANSARDRedcar SteelworksI will just explain the investment of this site to the noble Baroness. It was always going to be a public/private investment. She is right that £246 million of public money has…17 May 2023