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HANSARDLevelling UpOh, I am sorry.07 Feb 2022HANSARDLevelling UpCan I respond? I listened to the noble Baroness, and I hope that she can listen to me for just a moment. I was depressed to watch the grant farmers at work, filling in forms and…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLevelling UpThe noble and right reverend Lord raised three principal points. The first is whether, as part of levelling up, there is still enthusiasm for One Yorkshire. My name is Greenhalgh,…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLevelling UpMy Lords, I thank the right reverend Prelate for bringing up two very important points, the first of which is the role of faith communities in helping us to bring about…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLevelling UpMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for raising that on behalf of parish and town councils. I think she is saying that they are excluded from the UK shared prosperity fund, as…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLevelling UpMy Lords, I first pay tribute to my current boss, the Secretary of State, for his role in building on the substantial achievement of the noble Lord, Lord Adonis. I served in local…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLevelling UpThe noble Lord is throwing out words such as “Sure Start”. That was an example of how not to govern: to throw loads of money in an incontinent way, set things up and then see it…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLevelling UpOkay, test the Minister’s knowledge on the details of a policy area he is not Minister for—I am not sure that is very constructive. It is important to measure progress; that is a…07 Feb 2022HANSARDLevelling UpMy Lords, it is an incredibly good question from someone who actually knows what he is talking about. I thank the noble Lord for raising this. I declare an interest as the son of…07 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety DefectsMy Lords, industry must fix the buildings that it was responsible for developing. The Building Safety Bill will protect leaseholders from remedial costs beyond the removal of…07 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety DefectsMy Lords, I salute the tenacity of the noble Lord. He will understand that next Monday will be a very special day: it will be the day he writes a card to his wife, the noble…07 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety DefectsMy Lords, it is very clear that we must differentiate the need to protect leaseholders from finding the funds to pay for these buildings. That is why my right honourable friend in…07 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety DefectsMy Lords, I do not want to pre-empt 14 February, but it is very clear that, from Florrie’s law, which sought to protect leaseholders from high-cost building safety and remedial…07 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety DefectsMy Lords, this problem extends to all four nations. I meet regularly with my counterparts in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In fact, there is quite a lot to be learned from…07 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety DefectsMy Lords, that is a very good point, in the sense that we need to have a proper relationship with industry. We need to recognise that, in order to build homes—frankly, we do need…07 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety DefectsMy Lords, I am used to the interventions from the noble Baroness. I had four years of it in City Hall and it is nice to join this great place and continue where we left off in…07 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, it is a privilege to open the Second Reading debate of this landmark Bill today. I will never forget the events that led us to this moment, nor the 72 people who lost…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillThat the Bill be now read a second time.02 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I really enjoy the tutorials I get from the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy. I shall do my best to start at a high level because this is a serious debate. There have been a lot…02 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillThe 1970s, okay. One of the things it taught you was to really distil your arguments down and to learn things over time. The noble Lord specifically asked whether we could review…02 Feb 2022