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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe point is that many communities have managed to raise funding for schemes themselves. We are trying to target those communities that are less able to do that, and that is the…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI have to take issue with what the noble Lord is saying. I pointed out quite clearly that we already produce an annual report on devolution. Most of this Bill relates to the…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Pack, Lord Norton and Lord Wallace, for their amendments in this group. Amendment 251, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Norton, does not…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for Amendment 234. I will start with the stand part notices for Clause 85 and Schedule 34. Upwards-only rent reviews have been a…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, for his amendments and the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, for speaking to them, and the noble Baroness, Lady Scott. I will start…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, for Amendment 241 and for meeting me to discuss his proposals. The Government continue to work in partnership with local…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am sure the noble Lord will have heard me respond with frustration from the Dispatch Box many times when I cannot give specific dates. Once the Bill has reached Royal Assent, we…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWhen it comes to drawing up a strategic development strategy, it will be for the planning inspector—as they would, in the normal way, if there were a dispute between two of the…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, for opposing Clause 73 and Schedule 30 standing part in order to encourage a debate on the role of national park authorities in the…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Foster, for his amendment, for all the work he continues to do on tackling gambling harms—it is much appreciated—and for raising this very important…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank everybody for their patience while we have had to adjourn the Committee several times for voting. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Banner, for his Amendment 222C and…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThat is a very good question. Because those are sporting facilities, I would imagine that they come under the ACV scheme or the SACV scheme. I feel that they should be because…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillAs the noble Baroness will be aware, there is a whole range of safeguards in the planning system for environmental purposes. This asset of community value is there for communities…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillIndeed, I would very much welcome the noble Earl’s feedback as we start to develop the statutory guidance on that. He is very welcome to comment further on the issues around this…05 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords and noble Baronesses for their amendments on the community right to buy and assets of community value, which I will refer to as ACVs. I know we…05 Mar 2026HANSARDLocal Government ReorganisationProposals have come from all areas, which have put their own proposals forward; they have worked on them locally. In the areas that we are considering, we have a number of…04 Mar 2026