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HANSARDNew Homes TargetI am grateful to the noble Lord for his patience on the long-term housing strategy. We will be publishing that in the first quarter of this year.11 Feb 2026HANSARDNew Homes TargetWe have introduced a whole package of support, working with our colleagues in London to make sure that they are supported and helped to get building the homes they need. In the…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am very pleased to hear that. The noble Lord, Lord Wallace, asked me earlier whether the Bill will go to Report, and I confirm that is the case. I hope that the noble Earl will…11 Feb 2026HANSARDRenters’ Rights Act: ImplementationIt will lead to better conditions for renters and will remove some of the barriers that stop people renting, as well as barriers that can prevent renters maintaining a tenancy. We…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillIt is actually in Knebworth, north Hertfordshire, but I take the noble Lord’s point.11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, Amendment 202, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Parkinson, seeks to maintain the current requirement to publish governance changes—it is only governance changes—in…11 Feb 2026HANSARDRenters’ Rights Act: ImplementationI was with a group of over 300 councillors at the weekend, mainly council leaders and other councillors, who were very pleased to see the Renters’ Rights Act coming into force on…11 Feb 2026HANSARDRenters’ Rights Act: ImplementationWe want to improve all parts of the sector and make sure that home buying is available for young people, as well as making the rental market fairer for them. I had a big round…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI have already outlined to the noble Lord that the sentence I used, whenever we discussed this and whenever I was asked, was that elections would not be cancelled unless there…11 Feb 2026HANSARDRenters’ Rights Act: ImplementationMy noble friend puts his finger on one cause of the housing crisis: there are many. Not building enough homes was a fundamental cause as well. We have taken steps already to…11 Feb 2026HANSARDRenters’ Rights Act: ImplementationIf the noble Lord is referring to the minimum energy efficiency standards implementation, we have published our response to the consultation on those standards in the private…11 Feb 2026HANSARDNew Homes TargetThe Government are committed to the biggest increase in social and affordable housing in a generation. That £39 billion social and affordable housing programme I spoke about will…11 Feb 2026HANSARDNew Homes TargetIt is very important that as we go through this process of building more homes, we also create the jobs to go alongside that. We have been working very closely with the sector and…11 Feb 2026HANSARDNew Homes TargetIt ill behoves the Government who caused the housing crisis to be pressing us on this. We have already taken very significant steps, which I have outlined, to move this forward.…11 Feb 2026HANSARDCheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026My apologies; I did not write that down because we were called out of the Room. A deputy mayor is there to do exactly what it says on the tin: deputising for the mayor. The deputy…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, and the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, for their comments on this statutory instrument. I will try to answer all their questions,…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026My Lords, I will speak to both this draft order and the draft Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026, which were laid on 18 December 2025. For both the Cheshire and Warrington…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCumbria Combined Authority Order 2026That the Grand Committee do consider the Cumbria Combined Authority Order 2026. Relevant document: 47th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee10 Feb 2026HANSARDCheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026The purpose of devolution is, of course, to get the powers and funding out to local areas to do the investment they need. I am not going to guarantee exact amounts for funding…10 Feb 2026HANSARDCheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026That the Grand Committee do consider the Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026. Relevant document: 47th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee10 Feb 2026