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HANSARDHouses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023I thank noble Lords for their contributions to this debate today. Much of what has been discussed is obviously for the Home Office; in my responsibility as a Government Minister,…16 May 2023HANSARDHouses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023No, I am not going to give that guarantee from this Dispatch Box, because there is a complicated list of things, and if I say, “Yes, it is”, there will be a tiny bit that the…16 May 2023HANSARDHouses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, there are currently more than 50,000 asylum seekers living in hotels, given that our asylum system has been overwhelmed by the large volume arrival of asylum seekers by…16 May 2023HANSARDHouses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023The whole process of licensing takes time and, I have to say, a bit of paperwork and bureaucracy. Noble Lords know that these things take time, whereas, if we can get people out…16 May 2023HANSARDHouses in Multiple Occupation (Asylum-Seeker Accommodation) (England) Regulations 2023No, absolutely not: I have written down everything that the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, asked to be checked against the Home Office conditions, and we will make sure we check…16 May 2023HANSARDVoter IDMy noble friend is absolutely right: those measures were brought in in Northern Ireland by the Labour Government in 2003. They have been highly successful, and, in fact, the…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, Amendment 311 in the name of my noble friend Lord Northbrook would require the Government to make all standards that relate to all planning Acts, or local authority…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillAmendment 312, in the name of my noble friend Lord Northbrook, seeks to prevent the movement of premises being used as shops, banks, gyms, offices et cetera within (a) and (c) to…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is in the current consultation. I assure the noble Baroness that we will be taking account of the consultation responses on this. I turn next to Amendment 312J, in the name of…03 May 2023HANSARDVoter IDYes, obviously, but it is interesting that, when the research was done on the number of people in this country who had photo ID, it was higher for younger people. It was 98% for…03 May 2023HANSARDVoter IDIn certain circumstances where a person has an emergency that means that they cannot vote in person, they can apply for an emergency proxy. There is full guidance on the Electoral…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, Amendment 292, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, would place a new statutory duty on all acquiring authorities to act fairly towards anyone involved in the…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThis is about not just the new infrastructure levy but the whole Bill. We know that where local authorities have local plans, they build more houses. The Bill is there to enable…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillWhat we have said is that this will deliver no fewer affordable homes. Of course, the number and type of affordable homes that are built will be a local decision. If local…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the noble Lord for that. As I said, large developments can take a decade or more to build out and we do not want to build infrastructure, only for it to stand idle for a…03 May 2023HANSARDVoter IDNo, I do not agree that we have done it in haste, because I have spoken personally to the LGA and many leaders across the country who are having polls. I have also spoken to the…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI understand that, and I will write to the noble Baroness to explain this completely. I know that this is confusing because the NPPF has not been agreed, so I understand where she…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI completely understand my noble friend’s issue and, as I have said, we are very happy to have a meeting to look at what can be done in the existing system. We know what is going…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI just want to make sure that the Committee knows I own no land and rent no land. Certainly, on a question such as that, I would rather give a written answer to my noble friend.03 May 2023HANSARDVoter IDJust to let my noble friend know, the Government have no intention of looking again at identity cards, as I said to him yesterday.03 May 2023