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HANSARDFire Safety BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, and the noble Lord for raising this important issue on establishing a public register of fire risk assessments. The fire safety…17 Nov 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill17 Nov 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, and the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, for their Amendment 13 on remediation costs. I often think that we need to apply a Daily Mail…17 Nov 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillMy Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 14. In Committee I made a commitment to set out during today’s debate the Government’s position on how the Fire Safety Bill will be…17 Nov 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, for raising the issue of engagement to make sure the right groups and organisations are consulted on any changes or…17 Nov 2020HANSARDFire Safety Bill17 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough SleepersMy Lords, it is important to focus the money designed for rough sleeping on rough sleeping—that is its intended purpose—but it is also important to deal with the wider issue of…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough SleepersMy Lords, I was, unfortunately, a local council leader during a previous Administration under the leadership of Gordon Brown, when there was no Government more focused on…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough SleepersAs Faith Minister, I completely agree. Places of worship, whether they are gurdwaras, temples, churches or synagogues, play a huge part in dealing with the social issues of our…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough SleepersMy Lords, I am happy to make representations to the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation about making this decision.12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough SleepersMy Lords, families do tend to squabble a bit, but that has nothing to do with the massive ambition we have for ending rough sleeping. Some £700 million has been committed to end…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough SleepersMy Lords, that was a succession of questions. There is no doubt that the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, is a phenomenal force of nature. I watched how she took the troubled families…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough SleepersThe noble Lord makes an important point about focusing on prevention. In all areas of public policy, we want to prevent things happening in the first place. In healthcare, for…12 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19 Lockdown: Homelessness and Rough SleepersMy Lords, we want to build on what works. I will take away this idea, make sure we give it due consideration and find out how we can support the Salvation Army in its policy…12 Nov 2020HANSARDConstruction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, these regulations were laid before both Houses on 15 October 2020. They are part of the Government’s programme to update EU exit legislation to ensure that there…10 Nov 2020HANSARDConstruction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020My Lords, we have had a fascinating and lengthy debate that has raised a number of points. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Kennedy and Lord Blunkett, for pointing out that there is…10 Nov 2020HANSARDConstruction Products (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 October be approved.10 Nov 2020HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for pointing out a report which is just over a year old. With the Covid-19 pandemic, we are seeing a massive impact on our town centres and we…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesMy Lords, the Government place great importance on the provision of suitable homes for people with disabilities. This is why we are currently consulting on making higher…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesMy Lords, we recognise the importance of the almshouses and that they are growing at their fastest rate in more than a decade. We are currently consulting widely on the proposals…04 Nov 2020