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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, the Committee can understand that I do not agree with that point. That is a matter of opinion for Sir Richard Evans. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, as we have…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I mean “we” as in the Government. Can I continue my final point? The noble Baroness, Lady Scott, made the very important point about rising anti-Semitism. Let me be…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am so sorry to stop my noble friend in her tracks but I said very clearly that I am happy to sit down with anybody, post-Committee, to look at any particular issues. I reminded…04 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillJust before my noble friend concludes and, I hope, withdraws her amendment, clearly, a lot of these matters are for planning. The Committee will understand that I might not be…04 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank noble Lords for their very interesting contributions, their broad support for what the Government intend to do, and their interest in this subject. I will first…03 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025No. As far as we understand it, we are moving towards a system where business rates are the first part of the overview, and changing the whole system includes the non-domestic…03 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, the Government are currently working to strengthen the local government finance system, a task that I am sure many noble Lords will agree is an essential course of…03 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Non-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025.03 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI just want to clarify the point that I was making: the additional revenue to support the transition to the state sector represents substantially much more revenue than the cost…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, Amendments 70, 71, 72 and 72A, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Storey, the noble Baronesses, Lady Barran and Lady Scott of Bybrook, and the noble Lords, Lord Black of…27 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportMy Lords, I kindly accept the invitation to write to the noble Earl, due to the specific nature of the very important question he raised.27 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, as always, makes a very important point. We are working on the response to Sir Martin’s report. We accept the inquiry’s findings and will…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I will now speak to Amendments 67 and 69 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan. I just let him know that I have a great passion for rowing, developed at the time…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I think I have been quite clear in stating that there is clear evidence that there is no impact assessment on taxation. However, what we are asking to do in the Bill is…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI thank the noble Lord for making that point. He also talked about delays, which I will pick up in a later group when we talk about implementation; I have not forgotten about the…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, these amendments seek to introduce a number of provisions into the Bill requiring reports and assessments of various types. They are concerned with the impact on the…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, let me clarify this for the noble Lord. As I said repeatedly on day one in Committee, the Treasury will publish an analysis when it sets its multipliers at the Budget,…27 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportMy Lords, the noble Earl makes a good point. We will create a new single construction regulator to bring together oversight and enforcement. This will close gaps in regulation and…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, as the Committee will understand, it is difficult for me to talk about examples at this time, but I take the noble Baroness’s point. I would like to hear more about the…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, Amendments 55 and 62 seek to carve out from the Bill all private schools that charge fees of less than £27,642 per year through exempting schools that meet this criteria…27 Feb 2025