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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 137 and 171 and give wholehearted support to the amendments so eloquently and coherently proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Best, which I and…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillIt would certainly put more pressure on the council to allow that, which I think they should.09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI will see what I can do.04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I was not going to say anything on this but, as noble Lords can see, I have been deserted so it has fallen to me. However, after listening to everyone, I will say a few…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak to my succinct and simple Amendment 94G, and in doing so draw attention to an issue—planning fees—that might seem a bit techy on the surface and perhaps…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this has been a very interesting debate, with many different points made. Clearly, training is important to us, as is the status of planners, but I want to touch on…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am in a similar position to the noble Lord, Lord Best, with the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, who expected a 7 pm finish, having gone for a train. I will try not to…04 Sept 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, we on these Benches have been clear throughout the Bill that we support it very much: its main provisions, including the abolition of no-fault evictions and fixed-term…21 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillNoble Lords will realise by now that I am a bit messianic about the database. I listened very carefully to what the Minister said at the end of Committee about the database, which…15 Jul 2025HANSARDHousebuilders: Information SharingMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her Answer. There could be an alternative version to this: major housebuilders pay £100 million to halt the CMA’s investigation into…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I have been pleasantly surprised by the support for this amendment from a range of bodies, including the Law Society and the National Residential Landlords Association,…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI thank the Minister for her answer. It seems to me that the Government want to make the scheme work, whereas on our Benches we are fundamentally opposed, as a matter of…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI am pleased that the Minister sounded assured in what she told us, and I accept what she says. However, that view is not shared by everyone. The Minister said that everyone…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillTo the noble Lords, Lord Carrington and Lord Hacking, I have to say that we do not want to do anything that would delay the Bill. We want its key statutes to be on the books as…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI am hoping that some of the larger players will have ones that are off the shelf for the noble Lord to use. I am sure the Minister will be able to help out with that. Basically,…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I am nothing if not a realist, but I am glad to have pursued this to this stage, because the Minister has just given me some very serious reassurances about what will be…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillGiven that we are not talking about criminal offences—we are talking about civil offences—and given the power imbalance between a landlord and a tenant, will the noble and learned…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillCan I just ask the noble Lord a question? I absolutely understand that the extreme end is criminal, but will he concede that local authority officers are very often the ones to…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillNo, I was listening to the debate and trying to get my thoughts in order. I will be very brief because, as I said on the previous group, it is clear that we will oppose anything…15 Jul 2025