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HANSARDCheshire and Warrington Combined Authority Order 2026The Minister kindly answered my question on the investment fund. The two issues I had with it included that it is 30-year funding. If you are going to come up with a programme of…10 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken on this group of amendments. We keep coming back to the same sorts of issues as in the previous group. We were talking about devolution…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillAs the noble Baroness rightly says, they are legally binding targets that people need to take into account. We do not necessarily need to do it again. But I come back to my…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, this group of amendments in the Minister’s name would insert a new provision into the Licensing Act 2003 for additional powers for the Greater London Authority and the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, for his amendment. I was initially a little confused, having read the amendment and then listened to his speech, but…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI appreciate the Minister’s very positive response to our comments. She said that this is a pilot. You would normally have a review at the end of a pilot to work out whether it…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses and the noble Lord for their comments on this group. It places me in a bit of a dilemma, because I have a lot of sympathy for the objects of…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI beg to disagree. Once you place a duty on an authority, all its decision-making needs to have that in mind. The authority can be challenged for not doing X, and X could involve…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I will not seek to repeat what has been said so eloquently by my noble friend Lord Lansley and the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville. The issue is…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillOr it could be withdrawn.09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I, too, welcome back the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock—it is great to see her back here on her two feet. I shall speak first to Amendment 130 in my name and that of my…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank the Minister for her response. The key issue here is the one to which I referred. We have had guidance for many years. I appreciate that there is potentially to be some…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I will also speak briefly in support of what the noble Lord, Lord Best, has raised with these three amendments. First, Amendment 133 “would enable the Secretary of State…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to these amendments that relate to culture. I again welcome the good work of the noble Earl, Lord Clancarty, on culture, and we welcome the spirit…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, we have had an interesting debate. In essence, we are debating a philosophical issue here. I firmly believe in democracy. Elections take place; your Lordships would be…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI raised another point in relation to the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Gascoigne. With a very strict timetable of eight days, one could envisage situations where…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI appreciate that the Minister will do that, but I was also making the point that the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, would at least provide some…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly to these amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, who asked a number of important and timely questions. Let me use her first…29 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill29 Jan 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, Amendments 98 and 99, tabled in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Scott of Bybrook, concern the treatment of local partners in the Bill. While the Bill places a…29 Jan 2026