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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI have two comments on the noble Lord’s response. First, the fire and rescue service is no longer a statutory consultee. Anybody can respond to a planning application, but that is…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, by opposing Schedule 25, we seek to probe and clarify what functions may be delegated to mayors under future regulations. Prior to the changes proposed by this Bill, the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, turning first to Clause 53, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, for his probing stand part notice. As we have said more than once, the devolution…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, Amendment 170 would require a mayor who holds fire and rescue authority functions to delegate those functions to a deputy mayor for fire and rescue, creating governance…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, as I understand it from the Minister, the inspectors in question inspect only operational matters and not governance matters. Therefore, to not inspect the governance of…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank the Minister for her response; however, I think we will need to go back to Hansard . My example, for instance, was not on the pilots. It was an example on the changes that…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillBefore my noble friend sits down, I would like to clarify something. You cannot compare Salisbury as it is now to Salisbury as it was before as a district council. It was a far…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillCan I just explain to the noble Lord that a parish council is a name given to parishes, towns and cities? It all comes under the same legislation as parishes.09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I will speak on a number of amendments in this group that relate to health. They illustrate just how far this Bill stretches and the breadth of its potential impact on…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Royall of Blaisdon and Lady Freeman of Steventon, for tabling these amendments. As we have heard, Amendment 140 would ensure that…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank the two noble Lords for their interventions. I will just say that I do not believe it is about anything but power and money coming down—that was my experience. I tried to…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to open this group on behalf of my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott. She apologises profusely because she has had to go into the Chamber as they are…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillAlthough his amendment does not say so, I assume the noble Lord is talking about cattle-grids on highways. The majority of cattle-grids are on people’s private land. I think the…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank all those who have contributed to this debate. These issues are close to the heart of my noble friend Lady Stedman-Scott. I am grateful to the Minister for her reply and…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy noble friend would be delighted to meet the Minister and I will certainly tell her. I think we still believe that the Government could go further and perhaps take the…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I am pleased to begin the third day of Committee with this group of amendments, starting with the proposition in my name that Clause 15 not stand part, as we see no…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillCan the Minister clarify that what she just said about PCCs and Members of the legislature concerns the elected Members? We have to be very careful here; we are part of the…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill29 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I have listened carefully to noble Lords’ contributions, for which I am very grateful. It is so refreshing to hear about London local authorities. I have talked for a…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, Amendment 93 in my name is about understanding whether devolution is delivering what it promises, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, for his support.…29 Jan 2026