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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to see the Planning and Infrastructure Bill return to this House for the final time. After today’s debate, the Bill will soon conclude its passage…10 Dec 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank noble Lords from all sides of the House for their excellent contributions. It has been an engaging and constructive debate and, for someone as passionate about devolution…08 Dec 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I first extend my thanks to the many noble Lords with whom I have already spoken about this Bill. I am grateful for their engagement with this very important…08 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsI am very grateful to my honourable friend in the other place for all the work that he did in laying the ground for this local government reorganisation and the devolution…08 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsI thank my noble friend for his question. I am always willing to come before the House and explain the impact of our programmes on local government. We remain committed to…08 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsYes, I am very happy to do that. The strategic authorities are being set up and we will have no delay in laying the statutory instruments—it is very important that those statutory…08 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsMy Lords, the programme of local government reorganisation outside of the priority programme is proceeding at pace. We have received proposals from all the areas that were invited…08 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsI am grateful to the noble Baroness for her question. All local government elections that are scheduled for 2026 will go ahead unless there are exceptional circumstances. These…08 Dec 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.08 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsWe must not conflate the two things. The devolution programme, which is working at pace, and the local government reorganisation process are running side by side, but they are not…08 Dec 2025HANSARDLocal ElectionsI agree with my noble friend, and I am slightly puzzled about the giggling from the other side of the Chamber, because this is an important lever in devolution for delivering…08 Dec 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillThat the bill be committed to a Grand Committee, and that it be an instruction to the Grand Committee that they consider the bill in the following order: Clauses 1 to 4, Schedule…08 Dec 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI beg to move.08 Dec 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, my noble friend the Chief Whip consulted the usual channels in the usual manner. I am also aware that he spoke to some key Peers with an interest in the Bill.08 Dec 2025HANSARDGateway 3 New-build ApplicationsMy Lords, we have acknowledged recent challenges within the building safety regulator. That is why, in June, we introduced a series of reforms to strengthen it, including a new…03 Dec 2025HANSARDGateway 3 New-build ApplicationsOne of the benefits of the changes to the BSR is that regular data is now being published monthly. The November data has been published and is available online for all interested…03 Dec 2025HANSARDGateway 3 New-build ApplicationsAs I explained, a programme of significant improvement has been undertaken under the new BSR leadership team. Of course, waiting six months for inspections is not an acceptable…03 Dec 2025HANSARDGateway 3 New-build ApplicationsThis is the important work that is being done—working with the construction industry and the BSR to make sure that everybody understands what their responsibilities are in this…03 Dec 2025HANSARDGateway 3 New-build ApplicationsTwo things are under way, one of which is working with the industry to identify those issues; it is very important that the remediation programme is well under way. The BSR has…03 Dec 2025HANSARDGateway 3 New-build ApplicationsThe noble Lord may be aware that one recommendation of the Grenfell report was to have a single building regulator. Progress is being made towards that—a single body is being set…03 Dec 2025