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HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillThat is not true.15 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Amendment 281 has not been formally called, but if it is the wish of the House, I will address it. The other amendments, Amendments 279 and 280, have already been debated. I…15 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I am very happy to withdraw Amendment 219. The Minister has done magnificently. May I just say on behalf of all of us that she is doing magnificently? She stumbled for a…14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI congratulate our Chair on going through these complicated provisions. She is doing very well and should receive congratulations from all of us. We now move on to the chapter…14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillBefore the Minister sits down— I am probably breaking the rules, but I do so for very good reason—I want to state to the Committee that that she was quite right on Amendment 237,…14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillI beg leave to withdraw the amendment.14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, we now move on to Clause 65. I have tabled a number of amendments in this group: Amendments 207, 210, 214, 215 and 216. All of them are directed at tidying up the terms…14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend the Minister for her very constructive reply. It happens many times in this House that, when we seek to change “may” to “must”,…14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill14 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillHear, hear!14 May 2025HANSARDData (Use and Access) Bill [HL]My Lords, I happened to be in the House when the noble Baroness, Lady Owen, was taking her Private Member’s Bill through, and I remember very well the reply given by my noble…12 May 2025HANSARD80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe and Victory over JapanMy Lords, I take part in this debate as one of the few old enough to remember VE Day and the subsequent VJ Day—but not the only one; my noble friend Lord Dubs was 12 years old in…09 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, this has been a very interesting debate. I am afraid I have none of the expertise of the noble Earl, Lord Caithness, who spoke about cats with intimate knowledge. At…06 May 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillThe pleasure, my Lords, in speaking quite late in a debate such as this one—I think I am listed as the 59th speaker—is the opportunity of hearing excellent earlier speeches. In…01 May 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, we are moving to a new subject in the taking of the Bill through Committee. This amendment concerns the process of assessment. I am sorry that so many noble Lords are…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I am about to beg leave to withdraw my amendment, but I would like to reply to my noble friend the Minister and thank her very much for her detailed reply. I did not…28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I entirely support the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, in his submissions just now. My Amendments 115 and 116 deal with the same problem but from a different perspective.28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights Bill28 Apr 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy noble friend has replied to my Amendments 115 and 116, but I would be grateful if she could agree to talk further on them, particularly Amendment 116. It is an extraordinary…28 Apr 2025