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HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, it is probably every Minister’s worst nightmare to stand up in the House just a few minutes after the Secretary of State has announced that he is no longer part of the…20 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who spoke in the debate: the noble Lords, Lord Fuller and Lord Jamieson, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Teather, Lady Thornhill and Lady Coffey.…20 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate and to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for Amendment 82, which seeks to ensure that local authorities…20 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]Discussions will take place when the review is complete. We have had some good discussions around this in the House. It is obviously of interest to noble Lords. I am very happy to…20 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, for tabling Amendments 23 and 25, and to the noble Baronesses, Lady Watkins of Tavistock and Lady Thornhill, for…20 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, for Amendment 77. I recognise that the intention is to ensure that social housing stock is being used as effectively as…20 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate: the noble Lords, Lord Bird and Lord Jamieson, the noble Baronesses, Lady Coffey and Lady Thornhill,…20 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]But it is a programme that we started on, immediately we came into power, to fill the gap left by not building social homes for all those 14 years before we were in power. I…20 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]I have outlined, both on this set of amendments and on previous ones, that we are carrying out an extensive review of stock management and allocation, so I hope all those issues…20 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]It is a review of the practices of stock management. It is intended to flag up good practice but also look at what needs doing further to make stock management easier. I am going…20 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]I am sure that the noble Lord will understand that I cannot comment on individual planning cases—it would be very unwise to do so from the Dispatch Box. But he will know that…20 Jul 2026HANSARDRights of Boat Dwellers Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, for bringing forward this Private Member’s Bill. The noble Baroness raises a very important issue, which, as she knows, we…17 Jul 2026HANSARDPrivate Landlord Redress Schemes (Approval and Designation) Regulations 2026That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 28 April be approved. Relevant document: 2nd Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee . Considered in Grand…06 Jul 2026HANSARDSocial Housing BillThat the amendments for the Report stage be marshalled and considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 13, Schedule 1, Clause 14, Schedule 2, Clauses 15 and 16, Schedule 3,…06 Jul 2026HANSARDLocal Plans (Burial Space) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will resist the temptation to talk about last thing on a Friday being the graveyard slot. This is a very serious topic. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Mohammed, for…03 Jul 2026HANSARDPrivate Landlord Redress Schemes (Approval and Designation) Regulations 2026My Lords, as part of the Renters’ Rights Act, a transforming set of reforms to bring more protections and security for tenants in the private rented sector, we are introducing a…30 Jun 2026HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026The local authority will determine whether items that are not in the local plan are Schedule 1 or Schedule 2, and it will then decide whether those applications need to go through…30 Jun 2026HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026They are subject to the gateway test, as I set out at the beginning of the debate. Local people will still be able to make representations. Regardless of who the decision-maker…30 Jun 2026HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026I suggest to the noble Baroness that freeing up some of the time of our experienced planners will give them the opportunity to go back to developers and challenge information like…30 Jun 2026HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026I thought that I had been as clear as I can be. Applications for fewer than nine houses will automatically be in Schedule 1, and there will automatically be an officer decision,…30 Jun 2026