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HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention, Levy and Safety Net and Levy Account: Basis of Distribution) (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, the business rates retention scheme, introduced in 2013-14, allows local government to keep 50% of the business rates it raises locally and, more importantly, 50% of the…03 Nov 2020HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention, Levy and Safety Net and Levy Account: Basis of Distribution) (Amendment) Regulations 2020My Lords, we have had a good innings on the regulations before us today. I thank noble Lords on all sides of the House for their contributions. I shall take this opportunity to…03 Nov 2020HANSARDCovid-19: Places of WorshipMy Lords, we have come to a critical point in the fight against Covid-19. The R rate is above one across England, and the ONS estimates that an average of one in 100 people has…03 Nov 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillMy Lords, Amendment 10 seeks to introduce a review of Scotland and Northern Ireland, to take place no later than 24 months after Royal Assent on the Fire Safety Bill, which would…29 Oct 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Porter for his sterling efforts regarding building and fire safety, and for his leadership over many years in local government and as a…29 Oct 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillI thank my noble friend for making those points and representing the deep issues faced by consumers. Essentially, there are three. Thousands of leaseholders are facing the…29 Oct 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillFirst, I draw attention to my commercial and residential property interests as set out in the register. I should have done that some time ago, so I apologise to noble Lords. I…29 Oct 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Stunell, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for their amendment on the consultation required when introducing any changes to premises to which the…29 Oct 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for this amendment, which seeks to amend Article 3 of the fire safety order. It seeks to remove leaseholders from being a responsible person…29 Oct 2020HANSARDFire Safety BillMy Lords, I would say first that we do need to look at the, in effect, Berlin Wall between social housing and private housing, and in mixed sustainable communities where there are…29 Oct 2020HANSARDTown and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2020My Lords, I draw attention to my relevant commercial and residential property interests as set out in the register. We have had an interesting and wide-ranging debate and I thank…27 Oct 2020HANSARDAlmshousesMy Lords, respectfully, I feel that the almshouse movement is an extension of philanthropy which sits outside the state social housing system. There are some that elect to be…22 Oct 2020HANSARDAlmshousesMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Best, is an expert on this, and I remember his Housing our Ageing Population panel and discussing with him the benefits of extra care and supported…22 Oct 2020HANSARDAlmshousesThe Government welcome the important role that almshouses play in helping to meet the housing need of older people, providing them with homes in a safe and secure environment.…22 Oct 2020HANSARDAlmshousesMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for that invitation. I am always looking to get out and about, particularly in these difficult times, so I would very much welcome doing that as…22 Oct 2020HANSARDAlmshousesMy Lords, I am very happy to accept the kind invitation of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, to visit the almshouse. I recognise the important contribution made by almshouses in…22 Oct 2020HANSARDAlmshousesMy Lords, I thank the Church of England for the contribution it has made to the almshouse movement, particularly in London. I remember the Lygon Almshouses in my local authority.…22 Oct 2020HANSARDAlmshousesMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for raising the issue of the support that goes with the bricks and mortar in terms of social care for the elderly and frail. These are very…22 Oct 2020HANSARDAlmshousesMy Lords, I point out that the Government have seen 140,000 affordable homes delivered by local authorities in rural England since April 2010, and I will write to the noble…22 Oct 2020HANSARDAlmshousesMy Lords, I have pointed out that there are 36,000 almshouses. However, there are 700,000 specialist supported and secure accommodation homes for people in this country. In…22 Oct 2020