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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, for Amendment 195, and hope that he will take my regards back to John Denham, for whom I have the greatest respect. I…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for their comments on these amendments. I will be very happy to meet noble Lords to discuss the proposals further and in more detail. I will give a…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, the Government are committed to supporting the high street economy, a key part of which is the hospitality sector and the night-time economy. Amendments introduced on…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Bennett and Lady Willis, for Amendments 192, 193, 194 and 241B. I will respond to Amendments 192 and 241B together, as their aims are…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have submitted amendments on health improvement, which is an important topic. I am pleased that we will have this duty on local authorities…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI do not disagree with the noble Baroness. I am saying that this is a local authority duty, and it does not need to go up to the strategic level of a mayoral combined authority.…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am not sure about powers of intervention. We have a very specific competence that points our combined authorities towards health issues. The Government have made it very clear…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am sure that that is not what is intended, but I will revert to the noble Baroness with a written reply.09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank the noble Baroness and my noble friend for those helpful comments. I want to be absolutely clear that it was not a formal consultation I had on Saturday; it was an…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, government Amendments 172 and 173 make essential amendments to Schedule 23, ensuring that the law operates as intended with evolving governance arrangements. Amendment…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThe competencies are there, so the powers will stay the same as in the grid that we have set out. I ask the noble Lord to have a look at it and, by all means, to come back to me…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, for their amendments. I turn first to my noble friend Lord Hunt probing whether…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI am grateful to the noble Baronesses, Lady Pinnock and Lady Scott, for their comments. We have seen a lot of changes in governance in both policing and the fire service. I worked…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Gascoigne, Lord Wallace and Lord Bassam, and the noble Baroness, Lady Janke, for their amendments in this group. I will comment briefly on…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillYes, it could be withdrawn.09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville, for their proposed amendments to the delegated powers in the Bill.…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWe have had extensive discussions of the agent of change; it is a slightly different proposal. I know it could potentially be linked to this, so if the noble Baroness wants to get…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for probing whether Schedule 25 should stand part of the Bill. Schedule 25 is central to the objectives of the Bill and the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThat is a very fair point. I was indicating that we will have some further discussions about it. If I bring further amendments back on Report, we will need to be clear about…09 Feb 2026