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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I listened carefully to the noble Baroness. Although some of her questions can be dealt with quite easily via a letter, it might be helpful to her and other noble Lords…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillYes, I take the noble Lord’s point. It comes back to one that I think the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, made about minimum standards in this area. It might be helpful if I took advice…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIt would depend on the circumstances. It would depend on whether the expenditure on consultants was classified as a truly new burden or not, and that is an arcane science on which…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, as we have heard, this group of amendments is related to consultants and the Government’s appointment of levelling-up directors. Specifically, Amendment 51, in the name…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to members of the Committee for such an interesting debate about statements and guidance on combined county authorities. We agree completely with the need…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, as we have heard, this group of amendments covers preconditions for establishing, and indeed disestablishing, a combined county authority. This process is locally led…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillSome extremely sensible and logical points have just been made. Perhaps I could address them by pointing out the contrast to what we have seen up to now. Devolution deals, up to…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this group of amendments relates to the area of a combined county authority, the new type of local government institution being provided for in Part 2 of this Bill.…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is open for decision. We want to see local areas taking the initiative themselves. Where there is a functioning economic hub, for example, or a whole county, they may wish to…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI am coming to Amendment 52 in a second. It might be helpful if I added a few comments about local government funding more generally, because we recognise that the sheer number of…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIf the noble Baroness will bear with me, I shall do my best on that. Noble Lords will be aware that 10 combined authorities have been established since 2011 in our city regions.…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, we fully understand the desire for urgency in this area. The Minister, my noble friend Lady Scott, has made this clear at this Dispatch Box previously. As I hope my…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, as we have heard loud and clear from the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, in his introduction to this group, Amendments 42 and 43 relate to leasehold reform in the context of…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI do not think I can add to what I have already said. I shall endeavour to ascertain the state of play on the drafting of the Bill. I will gladly tell the noble Lord if there is…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this group of amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, looks at the role of local government and the National Planning Policy Framework in…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, Amendment 43A, in the name of my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond, would oblige the Government to publish a report that considers establishing a taskforce to help…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this group of amendments addresses a number of important issues around accountability and scrutiny of the levelling-up missions, including looking at the roles of…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillAs I said, it would be extremely unlikely for any government to ignore the view of either House of Parliament if that view had been expressed in the form of a Motion that had been…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI think it was a relatively easy concession for the Government to make in the Procurement Bill because Parliament, as I just said, can decide to do whatever it likes. If any…20 Feb 2023HANSARDHigher Education (Freedom of Speech) BillMy Lords, as we have heard, the amendments in this group relate to the important issue of academic freedom. I turn first to Amendment 4, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of…07 Dec 2022