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HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesMy Lords, my noble friend is right: we are living longer and getting older. It is important that we have accessible housing for the elderly and learn from models across the…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesMy noble friend should know that the response to the accessible-homes consultation will be published by March 2021. The implementation of any change will depend on the course of…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesMy Lords, the Government recognise the importance of accessible housing for the elderly and the disabled. I point to the strengthening of the policy approach in the NPPF in July…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesMy Lords, we are currently consulting on the accessibility standards. I propose that we wait until the end of the consultation, which completes on 1 December, for our response to…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesMy Lords, I am afraid I am the wrong person to answer that. I spent 20 years in local government and have every confidence that local councils know the needs of their communities,…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesMy Lords, I made clear in response to the noble Lord, Lord Best, that we can raise standards while continuing the drive for the numbers of homes, of all types and tenures, that…04 Nov 2020HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesI refer to my previous answer. The results of the consultation will be published by March 2021.04 Nov 2020HANSARDPlanning: Accessible HomesMy Lords, this Government will not seek anything other than an upward drift in the standards that we need for the 21st century. We recognise that developer profits are far greater…04 Nov 2020HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention, Levy and Safety Net and Levy Account: Basis of Distribution) (Amendment) Regulations 2020That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 7 October be approved.03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for the focus on evidence. Following the meeting that I chaired on behalf of the Prime Minister of the Covid-19 places of worship task force,…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, we recognise that this lockdown will be a very difficult period for people of faith too. The position is somewhat better than in the first lockdown, when places of…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, my noble friend will be pleased to know that the members of the places of worship task force have made that precise point to the Prime Minister: that public worship is…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, I am very happy to give that assurance. As soon as we have the specific evidence of the review by Public Health England, that will be made available to all.03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, I recognise that this is a difficult time for people of all faiths. Remembrance Sunday services are of course an important part of celebrating what generations before…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, I recognise that a difficult decision has been taken by this Government and we are bound by collective responsibility. However, I am very happy to make those…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, my noble friend puts her point very eloquently. I understand the effort that places of worship have taken to make themselves Covid-secure for a whole range of…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Alton, makes a very important point. We should look to international comparisons to understand how places of worship have played a part in the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, it is very difficult for me to hear such a question put so eloquently by someone whom I regard as a sort of childhood hero. Those who made this difficult decision feel…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, singing remains a high-risk activity at this time, so there cannot be any congregational singing in any form. Professionals may still practise music or record music for…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, I hear what my noble friend said, and I point to the Prime Minister’s remarks in the other place. He said that this was a burden on people of faith, but he reminded…03 Nov 2020