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HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationI cannot give the noble Baroness an answer on how many have joined in that time or who has been declined, but we are looking at about 1.1 million people. That is what we think,…29 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for that. It is absolutely clear that if a political party finds that money has come from a source that it should not come from then, yes, it has…29 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationMy noble friend is absolutely right. I will go back and check even further, when I have time to do so, but I am not sure whether this is Liberal policy at all.29 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationMy Lords, if they are registered as citizens of this country, they can then vote, but if they are not, they cannot.29 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationHe is sorely missed.29 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationI beg noble Lords’ pardon—I should have said that they will need to be registered electors. Only those who have a genuine reason for doing that can do so. UK electors registered…29 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationI thank my noble friend. As he said, the Bill was passed, and I am very pleased it was passed. I thank him for everything he has done in making sure that it got to the Commons.…29 Mar 2023HANSARDUK Citizens Resident Overseas: VerificationMy Lords, people who give money to political parties will need to be themselves elected.29 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding (Public Bodies and Higher-Risk Building Work) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, under the Building Safety Act 2022 and subsequent secondary legislation such as this, the Government are introducing a raft of measures to improve building safety. We…28 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding (Public Bodies and Higher-Risk Building Work) (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I thank the Committee and the two noble Baronesses opposite for their support of these regulations. This marks another step for building safety reform and the…28 Mar 2023HANSARDBuilding (Public Bodies and Higher-Risk Building Work) (England) Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Building (Public Bodies and Higher-Risk Building Work) (England) Regulations 2023.28 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillWhat I am trying to explain to noble Lords is that there should be no conflict because they deal with different things. The national development management policies are likely to…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI think that is an important point. That is what I was saying: the Bill will not stop that; it will give the opportunity to do something. Many authorities do great things…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am sorry. Obviously, I got the issue slightly wrong in the last debate. I thought that we were talking about a conflict between two green-belt policies. I will go back to…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I begin by addressing Amendments 185A and 192 in the names of the noble Baronesses, Lady Taylor of Stevenage and Lady Hayman of Ullock, which seek to remove or reverse…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI do not think that there is a distinction. They can be, and will be, part of it. I am sure that they will be part of whether that particular geographic area or group of councils…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI disagree. The district councils, about which we have been hearing, are the planning authorities in those areas, and the county council is not. So it is important that we make…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillNo, I am saying that we have not made that decision yet, but this is as it is in this part of the Bill. Amendment 212, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage,…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI will take the point back and consider it further, because some important issues have been brought up. I will make sure that, having given it some thought, we will discuss it…27 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this group of amendments concerns strategic planning and spatial development strategies. As these are to date a very rare form of plan, it might be useful to set out…27 Mar 2023