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HANSARDAgriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026My Lords, I cannot compete with the noble Earl, Lord Devon. First of all, I declare my farming interests in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire, and my receipt of delinked payments.…27 Apr 2026HANSARDRenters’ Rights Act: Definition of Court ReadinessMy Lords, I declare my interests in the private rented sector, with cottage lettings in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire. Sadly, there is not just the current delay of up to 15…24 Mar 2026HANSARDSustainable Farming Incentive: Small FarmsMy Lords, I declare my farming interests in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire. I very much welcome the announcement on SFI support for smaller farms, although I have many of the…11 Mar 2026HANSARDRenters’ Rights Act: ImplementationMy Lords, I declare my interest in the private rented sector in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire. The Minister refers to the Renters’ Rights Act as producing better conditions in…11 Feb 2026HANSARDConstruction Industry: TimberMy Lords, among other important issues, the 2025 national security strategy highlights the need to ensure our supply chains, energy and critical goods. However, the significance…05 Feb 2026HANSARDBiodiversity and the CountrysideMy Lords, I too am very grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate. I must also say that I am the second barrel to the gun of the noble Baroness, Lady Shephard. As the…13 Nov 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I will speak to Motion J, specifically Amendment 62. I declare my interest in farming and rented cottages in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire. I want to set out on the…14 Oct 2025HANSARDMinimum Energy Efficiency Standards: Cost Caps for LandlordsTo ask His Majesty’s Government why the cost caps proposed for landlords in the social and private rented sectors to meet the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards are different.15 Sept 2025HANSARDMinimum Energy Efficiency Standards: Cost Caps for LandlordsMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In doing so, I declare my interest in the private rented sector, with rented cottages in…15 Sept 2025HANSARDMinimum Energy Efficiency Standards: Cost Caps for LandlordsI thank the Minister for her response. Surely the guiding principle should be that tenants in the social rented sector should have the same level of investment in their properties…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPension Funds: Use of UK-listed Investment CompaniesMy Lords, can the Minister clarify for me, and no doubt others, to what extent the independent trustees of pension funds, when giving a mandate to investment managers, are able to…09 Sept 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI give my very personal thanks to the Minister for her work on this Bill and the enormous amount of follow-up she achieved. Her final letter arrived, as the noble Lord, Lord…21 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I support the amendment, but I want to concentrate on a slightly different aspect, which came up in the intervention by the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, and remarks made by…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 122 and welcome the support of the noble Lord, Lord Hacking. The amendment aims to introduce a transition period of three months for new…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister very much for her engagement with me, although the letter has not arrived yet. I am in a position of enormous power now, in the sense that this is…15 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 34 and the associated Amendments 35, 36 and 40 in my name and kindly supported by the noble Lord, Lord Hacking. First, I thank the Minister,…01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill01 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill01 Jul 2025