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HANSARDCovid-19: “Everybody In” SchemeMy Lords, I thank my noble friend because I agree that, through this pandemic, we have got much more of a grip of the quantum involved if we want to end rough sleeping. We also…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: “Everybody In” SchemeVulnerability is incredibly important to understand. That is why the Government have put £10 million on the table for local authorities, which know their communities best, to come…11 Jan 2021HANSARDCovid-19: “Everybody In” SchemeThe noble Lord has reminded me to declare my residential and commercial property interests as set out in the register. I thank him for that. I understand where he is coming from.…11 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Properties with CladdingMy Lords, that is a very pertinent question and I thank my noble friend for raising it. There are ways to deal with that. Frankly, they have made large sums of money in the last…07 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Properties with CladdingMy Lords, I really do feel for the leaseholders. It is not 4.5 million leaseholders, because that would be every leaseholder in the country, but it is a significant number. It is…07 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Properties with CladdingMy Lords, I am happy to report that I spent a considerable amount of time being briefed by Dean Buckner, who is at the heart of those proposals, the Leasehold Knowledge…07 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Properties with CladdingMy Lords, I am not aware of a specific issue with right to buy, as we saw in the 1980s. If my Twitter account is anything to go by, it is not related. This is about all…07 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Properties with CladdingI thank the noble Lord for his comments on shared ownership. This tenure can be particularly unfair, if you own a proportion of your property and rent the rest, but are hit with…07 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Properties with CladdingMy Lords, I absolutely accept that a generation of people have built buildings that are not fit for purpose and, under any regime, should not have been built in this way. In…07 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Properties with CladdingI thank my noble friend for raising this topic, which we both feel strongly about. I do not think the solution is a task force; it is about taking a position to implement…07 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Properties with CladdingThe Government have published supplementary guidance and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors will be working with lenders, valuers and the safety bodies to develop new…07 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Properties with CladdingMy Lords, I think the solution will include a levy on the development community, but I also want to talk about construction products. Look at the margins made by those who sold…07 Jan 2021HANSARDLeaseholders: Properties with CladdingMy Lords, there will be a lot of legislative work in the next calendar year on the building safety Bill, and we still have the Fire Safety Bill to play ping-pong with. I will…07 Jan 2021HANSARDReligious Groups: Financial SupportMy Lords, I completely agree on the role of British Sikhs. It is fundamental to their faith to help people in need, and, although I have only 15 followers, I specifically tweeted…06 Jan 2021HANSARDReligious Groups: Financial SupportMy Lords, I will always commit to talking to the Treasury. I am not sure it will always listen to me, but I promise to make every endeavour and possible representation to ensure…06 Jan 2021HANSARDReligious Groups: Financial SupportMy Lords, I declare an interest as the grandson of a Methodist minister, and I commend what Methodists have done, but I am in fact a Roman Catholic. None the less, faith…06 Jan 2021HANSARDReligious Groups: Financial SupportDuring the pandemic, faith-based organisations and places of worship have been able to apply for a range of government packages available to support charities and businesses.…06 Jan 2021HANSARDProvisional Local Government Finance SettlementI thank my noble friend for raising the issue of the high street. There is support through the high streets fund to ensure that our high streets thrive, but they are places where…06 Jan 2021HANSARDProvisional Local Government Finance SettlementI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Uddin, for raising the issue of homelessness. I know from having visited the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on many occasions and the London…06 Jan 2021HANSARDProvisional Local Government Finance SettlementMy Lords, I remind everyone that we have seen a seismic contraction of the economy and that many people have lost their jobs and will need to retrain. This has been a dreadful…06 Jan 2021