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HANSARDRoma Community: Levelling UpI guess I will have to write to my noble friend on the specific point about what happens to funding, but the Government’s focus is on ensuring that we improve provision and keep…27 Jun 2022HANSARDRoma Community: Levelling UpThe Government have set out 12 national levelling-up missions which are already beginning to drive real change across the United Kingdom, including for our Roma communities. They…27 Jun 2022HANSARDRoma Community: Levelling UpMy Lords, we have a lead Minister who is responsible for equalities matters and has taken on the brief as Communities Minister. My honourable friend Kemi Badenoch is charged with…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.27 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]That it be an instruction to the Grand Committee to which the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL] has been committed that they consider the Bill in the following order: Clauses…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I thank everyone across the Chamber for contributing so constructively to the spirited and very wide-ranging Second Reading. The debate once again highlighted the…27 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Housing (Regulation) Bill [HL]My Lords, I am proud to be here today to open this Second Reading debate of the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill. This Bill will transform the lives of social housing tenants up…27 Jun 2022HANSARDRoma Community: Levelling UpYes, we recognise that GRT communities make a positive contribution. There is a clear commitment to support them in carrying on their way of life and nomadic traditions. That is…27 Jun 2022HANSARDUnited Kingdom: The UnionMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, for securing this debate on such an important topic. I also enjoyed the valedictory speech of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop…23 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersI always appreciate my noble friend’s eagle eye. We do not want landlords gaming the system, and we want to make it very clear that any abuse of the future system will not be…22 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersMy Lords, the purpose of this 12-point plan of reforms is to ensure that we balance the interests between landlord and tenant, but first remove the Section 21 no-fault evictions.…22 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersFirst, I declare my residential and commercial property interests as set out in the register. Our White Paper sets out how we will provide a better deal for renters and our…22 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersMy Lords, I suppose I should always be very careful about giving data. In response in the other place, the Minister—who was driving forward with the 12-point plan—made it clear…22 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersMy Lords, I am not sure I detected a question, but I am completely with the noble Lord in spirit, in the sense that it is an important comment. We need to recognise that landlords…22 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersThat is a very reasonable point. In a sense, we have to recognise that the world is changing and that there are opportunities to build more homes. We see that in the urban…22 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersI am not going to glorify one type of tenure over another. The noble Lord is right, however, in the sense that we have seen a doubling of the amount of private rented, but it is…22 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersMy Lords, it is important to recognise the balance of having more tenants who cannot afford renting in the private sector having social or affordable homes. That is why we have an…22 Jun 2022HANSARDHousing: Private RentersMy Lords, as someone who was a local authority leader for six years and in local government for 20 years, I know that not all councils invested in commercial property. We have…22 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentI do not recognise the cataclysmic drop since the pandemic. We hit a record number, as I pointed out, in 2020-21; there was a slight falling back, but all our internal assessments…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNew Homes CommitmentMy Lords, I recognise that this has been a very welcoming country. We have welcomed refugees from Afghanistan and there has been the very successful programme of welcoming British…21 Jun 2022