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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part. I thought this would be quite a short debate, but you never know here, do you? I am also grateful to the noble Earl for, as…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting debate on a number of important amendments. It is, of course, essential that these new combined county authorities and constituent local…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillWell, I think that regulating to the extent of telling where signs can be put and whether they should be painted or printed really is against the spirit of devolution. The noble…20 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I come to this amendment with a deal of frustration about the clause being in the Bill at all. I have a great deal of support for the approach of the noble Lord, Lord…20 Mar 2023HANSARDBus Industry SupportMy Lords, plans for a fantastic new zero-emission bus fleet in Stevenage and Milton Keynes, known as the ZEBRA project, came crashing down last week when private sector partner…16 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the noble Earl for giving way. I do not accept the principle that the district councils in an area, which are the democratically elected representatives for their people,…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Hunt for tabling the amendment. I take this opportunity to congratulate him on his 50 years in local government and the noble…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillWhy not Hertfordshire, with a population of 1.2 million people? I join the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, in thanking the noble Lord, Lord Young, for drawing us back to the White…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI do not disagree that audit is required. We debated that earlier on the Bill. The authorities mentioned are Conservative authorities, as in Northampton, where my good friends in…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate, including the noble Baronesses, Lady Harris, Lady Pinnock and Lady Bennett, and the noble Lords,…15 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I shall speak also to my Amendments 115, 118 and 119 and Amendments 116, 117 and 125 in the name of my noble friend Lady Hayman of Ullock. In general terms, these…13 Mar 2023HANSARDNorthern Ireland and Great Britain: Regional ConnectivityMy Lords, I am very pleased to see the Minister in her place today, and after the HS2 Question on Friday, I expect the noble Lord, Lord Davies, is too. The collapse of Flybe in…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, with the current local authority funding gap running at over £7 billion a year and much of the supposed increase trumpeted by the Government having to come from the…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI think I said when I moved the amendment that our contention was that local government, including any CCAs, is already subject to extensive scrutiny, so we agree with that. I…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am very grateful for the responses from the Minister. As was said earlier in the debate, we know that he always listens to the points being put forward, and I thank him for…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am sure that the Minister will be pleased to know that I too will not debate all 35 amendments. They are largely consequential and drafting amendments. I noted that, earlier in…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI have a question on the issue of buses. We have seen millions of bus miles removed from the system altogether. The noble Baroness, Lady Randerson, has very carefully and…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill13 Mar 2023