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HANSARDLeaseholders: CostsMy Lords, unsurprisingly, I completely agree with the Secretary of State on those principles, and I add a third: first, we need to protect leaseholders as far as we can; secondly,…18 Nov 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: CostsMy noble friend makes it easy for me: yes, I agree. Implicit in the fact that the Treasury would have supported a subsidised financing scheme is that we need more taxpayer…18 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling Up White PaperMy Lords, I expected this Question to go in any number of directions. It is important to address the barriers for people getting on in life. We are looking to spread opportunities…15 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling Up White PaperMy Lords, just because previous Governments have failed does not mean that this Government will not succeed. However, I take on board the importance of ensuring that there is…15 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling Up White PaperWe aim to publish by the end of the year. However, our priority is to have a White Paper which meets the scale of ambition and sets out our transformative agenda to deliver real…15 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling Up White PaperMy Lords, in July, the Prime Minister set out that we will have made progress in levelling up when we have begun to raise living standards, spread opportunity, improved our public…15 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling Up White PaperMy Lords, levelling up covers all these issues. We have an approach to child poverty and take those issues very seriously indeed. More detail on these and other matters will of…15 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling Up White PaperMy Lords, we need to understand that different funds have different priorities. The £4.8 billion levelling-up fund seeks to improve infrastructure and productivity, while the UK…15 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling Up White PaperI agree entirely with my noble friend. We do not want anyone to have to leave somewhere they love in order to have a truly fulfilling career. That is why we are investing £3.8…15 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling Up White PaperMy Lords, I am not sure that is the way to think about these problems. We need to recognise that, as well as the income disparity, there is the cost disparity. Admittedly, living…15 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling Up White PaperMy Lords, I recognise the noble Lord’s expertise on high-speed rail. However, I do not want to comment on the specific scheme. The most important thing for the Government is to…15 Nov 2021HANSARDLevelling Up White PaperMy Lords, financial inclusion is very important in particular areas, and it is important in addressing it to bind together different departments. That is why there is a new…15 Nov 2021HANSARDIslamophobiaThe Government remain committed to acting against Islamophobia in all its forms. We utterly condemn the prejudice, discrimination and hatred directed towards British Muslims due…15 Nov 2021HANSARDIslamophobiaMy Lords, as someone who has spent time with and engaged with Qari Asim—I met him in my previous role as Faith Minister—I recognise that he has much to contribute and I am sure we…15 Nov 2021HANSARDIslamophobiaMy Lords, I do recognise that issue and I was trying to point that out in the responses I gave to previous supplementary questions. There is no doubt that the term “Islamophobia”…15 Nov 2021HANSARDIslamophobiaMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for raising the concerns of the Muslim community, for his contribution to how we tackle the issue of Islamophobia and for his advice on how best…15 Nov 2021HANSARDIslamophobiaMy Lords, it is quite correct to say “nearly half”—around 45% of religiously motivated hate crime was against Muslims. As I mentioned in my Answer, we provided Tell MAMA £4…15 Nov 2021HANSARDIslamophobiaMy Lords, we recognise the seriousness of this, but we also recognise the point made by Khalid Mahmood MP in the other place that there are issues with the term “Islamophobia”. It…15 Nov 2021HANSARDIslamophobiaMy Lords, I can give that assurance. We must provide our faiths and beliefs, particularly a religion such as Islam, with the same protections as all other important religions, but…15 Nov 2021HANSARDIslamophobiaMy Lords, part of the difficulty of adopting some of the definitions that are being proposed, including that proposed by the APPG, is that they effectively conflate anti-Muslim…15 Nov 2021