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HANSARDLocal Regeneration: Industrial AreasI give the noble Baroness that assurance: I will take that back to the department. It is my first week in the department, so I do not have an answer for her now, but I will speak…07 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Regeneration: Industrial AreasAs I have just agreed, I will come back to noble Lords with a response on this, and we can follow up in detail. I will try to flip through a few points; I will not be able to do…07 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Regeneration: Industrial AreasI literally have only a minute and a half to finish, and I have about seven responses.07 Mar 2024HANSARDAlternative Investment Fund Designation Bill [HL]My Lords, eight minutes is guidance, but we appreciate it if people try to stick to it. If the noble Baroness will close, I will be very grateful.01 Mar 2024HANSARDLong-Term National Housing StrategyMy Lords, I am pleased to respond to this Question for Short Debate. I start by thanking all noble Lords for their contributions and, in particular, the right reverend Prelate the…29 Feb 2024HANSARDLong-Term National Housing StrategyI appreciate the sense and sentiment behind that; therefore, although I am not personally familiar with the issue, I will take it back to the department to discuss where we are…29 Feb 2024HANSARDLong-Term National Housing StrategyI can assure my noble friend that I am not a Zen planner. However, I am a realist, and I am faced with a multiplicity of policy responses to the rise in demand, no matter where it…29 Feb 2024HANSARDLong-Term National Housing StrategyI note the noble Baroness’s comments on the definition of that terminology. It is not mine—it is a term the department uses—but I will query its definition. On overall delivery,…29 Feb 2024HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotMy Lords, Tata informed the UK Government last year that it intends to close the steelworks and withdraw from the UK, putting 8,000 jobs at risk. The current plan put forward by…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI agree with the noble Lord that we need to upgrade all this infrastructure. However, the holistic view of this particular area in Wales is that we will have, I hope, one of the…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI will make sure that the department gets that request.07 Feb 2024HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI can tell the noble Lord that, more broadly, the UK Government have provided substantial support for the economy of Port Talbot and south Wales, with further projects being…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI understand my noble friend’s point. However, Tata informs us that it is losing £1.7 million per day in running these blast furnaces and on the coke they need. With regard to…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI thank the noble and right reverend Lord for that question. It is true we recognise that this is a devastating blow for the community, which is why we have already set up the…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI can tell the noble Lord that I believe that the unions have been fully involved in these discussions. The plans have been discussed with the company, but the company informs us…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI agree with the noble Lord, and that is why the £100 million has been made available: £80 million of that is from the UK Government, £20 million from Tata, and the majority of it…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI thank the noble Lord. Yes, I understand that Tata is being spoken to as a global entity by various government departments, and it announced last year that it was going to invest…07 Feb 2024HANSARDTata Steel: Port TalbotI thank the noble Lord. The Port Talbot transformation project does not prevent further technologies being deployed over time. We are paying careful attention to the international…07 Feb 2024HANSARDPublic Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2023That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 27 November 2023 be approved. Relevant document: 7th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee . Considered in…22 Jan 2024HANSARDPublic Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2023That the Grand Committee do consider the Public Offers and Admissions to Trading Regulations 2023. Relevant document: 7th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee16 Jan 2024