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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, to make a few brief comments to the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, we have discussed the implementation of the issues contained in the levelling-up Act before; however, it…10 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Cameron, for the amendment. The Government understand the spirit of the amendment; however, we maintain that a statutory code of…03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportThe noble Lord will have to wait for the announcement of the funding for local government, because that work is still under way. We have done extensive consultation and, as I…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportThe noble Lord raises an important issue around social care. He will know that the Government are committed to delivering reform to children’s social care and breaking the cycle…03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportMy noble friend has illustrated why we are setting about this fair funding review. It is for local authorities to decide at what rate they set their council tax. Of course, it has…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this short but interesting debate. Amendments 235 and 236, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, seek to change the…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 237 would update the objectives of new town development corporations to include the provision of publicly accessible green and blue spaces for local…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, and I am sorry to have to point out to her, not for the first time from the Dispatch Box, that her Government had 14 years to get the…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Hodgson, for Amendment 240. This amendment seeks to ensure that, when approaching landowners to buy or lease their land,…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am grateful for that very interesting debate on a wide-ranging set of issues in the Bill. There are a number of amendments in this group relating to compulsory…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 232, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, seeks to standardise and extend powers in respect of mayoral development corporations to mayors of all strategic…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportThere is much to be done in looking at local authority pension funds—I agree with the noble Baroness on that. We are working through that process. Of course, there is a balance to…03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportI hope my noble friend has been in the Chamber when I have spoken before about the £39 billion investment that our Government have made into social and affordable housing. We look…03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportThe exact opposite is true. We are supporting our councils, which is why we have increased the overall spend on local authority funding, providing over £5 billion of new grant…03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportI hope the work we have done so far will illustrate to the noble Baroness and other noble Lords that we are committed to improving how we assess need to make sure that central…03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportThat has to be done at the next fiscal event. The Government remain committed to keeping all taxes and elements of the local government finance system under review.03 Nov 2025