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HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for making that point. The Government are committed to ensure lasting transparency and accountability by creating a publicly accessible record of…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, it is a pleasure to follow that very eloquent contribution about the noble Lord’s personal journey. I will talk first to Amendments 63, 64 and 66, which seek to provide…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, Amendments 60 and 61 are concerned with the carve-out within the Bill’s measures for private schools that wholly or mainly provide education to pupils with education,…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI am conscious that the noble Baroness made a strong point; it has just come to my knowledge that I did not address it in my response. We estimate the overall impact to be that…27 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportI thank the noble Baroness for the points that she has eloquently raised. I did not mention this, but I pay tribute to the noble Baronesses, Lady Scott and Lady Pinnock, for the…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, Amendments 57, 58 and 68 from the noble Baronesses, Lady Barran and Lady Scott of Bybrook, concern early years provision and private further education institutions. The…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 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 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 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI am happy to write to the noble Baroness on those two points; I will also pick them up when we next meet.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) 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, I will now speak to Amendment 74, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Thurlow, and Amendments 75 and 76, tabled by the noble Baronesses, Lady Barran and Lady Scott of Bybrook.…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I take everything that the noble Lord says in a good spirit; I will come back to him on that point. Let me be clear on the remit of the Bill. On when the Treasury will…27 Feb 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 2 ReportMy Lords, I thank your Lordships for your comments today. I know that I speak for all of us when I say that what happened on that terrible night in June 2017 must never be allowed…27 Feb 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillThat the Bill be committed to a Grand Committee.25 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group and the three groups that follow seek to change the Bill in two broad respects. They seek to carve out properties from the higher multiplier…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI did say that I would come back to the noble Lord on his specific question.24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, these amendments seek to change the Bill to remove healthcare hereditaments from the higher multiplier. In the previous debate on the amendments in group 4, just a few…24 Feb 2025