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HANSARDLevelling-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 2023HANSARDVoter IDAs I have said before, we will look at whether there need to be any changes after the Electoral Commission and the Government have collected the data they require from returning…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 2023HANSARDVoter Authority CertificatesMy Lords, over 89,500 applications have been received for voter authority certificates. The Government have never had a target for applications and are pleased with the initial…02 May 2023HANSARDVoter Authority CertificatesYes, my Lords; it is in legislation that local authorities will count the numbers, anonymously, of electors who are turned away and we will look at those and at all the other…02 May 2023HANSARDVoter Authority CertificatesNo, I do not, because it was the Labour Party, supported by the Liberal Democrat Party, that agreed in 2003 to Northern Ireland having a similar system. They voted for it and I…02 May 2023HANSARDVoter Authority CertificatesMy Lords, there are multiple reasons why voters have chosen not to apply for a voter authority certificate at this time. Not everyone will have elections in their area, for a…02 May 2023HANSARDVoter Authority CertificatesI do not think it is an abandonment of the whole policy. We expect the Electoral Commission, as an independent regulator, to provide some analysis and some early, interim reports…02 May 2023HANSARDVoter Authority CertificatesIt does not sound like normal practice. If the noble Baroness would like to give me some further details, I will look into it. I cannot discuss an individual case.02 May 2023HANSARDVoter Authority CertificatesYes, I am happy to repeat that: those who return with voter ID will be recorded.02 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold EnfranchisementMy Lords, we are committed to making enfranchisement simpler and cheaper for leaseholders. We will abolish marriage value, cap the treatment of ground rents in the enfranchisement…02 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold EnfranchisementMy noble friend—or, rather, the noble Lord opposite; the number of times he brings this Question means I think of him as a friend —is quite right that, if you are a qualifying…02 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold EnfranchisementI thank my noble friend for that question. As I say, we are looking at how we can protect it. On whether it is retrospective or not, I will have to write to my noble friend.02 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold EnfranchisementI thank my noble friend for that question—or statement, I think. Yes, we have made it very clear all along, in answering every question that I have been asked at this Dispatch…02 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold EnfranchisementCertainly, we will be looking at the First-tier Tribunal issue, as we will be looking at all issues, when we get to the leaseholders Bill and the private renters reform Bill.02 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold EnfranchisementI thank the noble Lord for that question. I am afraid I cannot tell him whether the few cottages on the Isles of Scilly that he refers to will be covered, but I am sure he will…02 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold EnfranchisementThe noble Earl brings up a very interesting point. Commonhold, as he knows, allows home owners to own the freehold of a unit, such as a flat, within buildings and it is…02 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold EnfranchisementMy noble friend is absolutely right: this is a balance. There are a lot of exceptionally good landlords in this country, but there are a few that are not good—in fact, you could…02 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold EnfranchisementIt is very simple: the leasehold Bill was already in production when LURB came in. It is a very complex Bill and the issues in it need their own legislation; it will be here…02 May 2023HANSARDLeasehold EnfranchisementWe have had this question before, but I can tell my noble friend that we are trying to get the Bill here. We have a short period of time, it is a complex Bill and—I am going to be…02 May 2023