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HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy answer to that is that there will be green spaces. Some 90% of the park will still be green spaces. The whole project is 7.5% of the park. This has been discussed extensively…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, the amendments in this final group take us to topics at the heart of the Government’s reasons for seeking to establish a new national memorial and learning centre.…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I am not going to get involved in that. The reason why is that I am in no position to pre-empt what the designated planning Minister will do or the nature of his…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillIt was.27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, it is perfectly reasonable of the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, to ask that question, but information is available on the website of the planning casework unit; the noble…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I can only refer back to the word “collocated” which was used about the Holocaust memorial alongside the learning centre. I would like to make some progress and I know…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I have finished my contribution and just want to ask the noble Baroness to withdraw her amendment.27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I can give noble Lords absolute confidence that the many Holocaust survivors I have spoken to are looking forward to seeing this Holocaust memorial built. It might not…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I do not want to repeat the arguments; I have laid them out very clearly. Yad Vashem has been mentioned numerous times across the Committee for its excellent content.…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Howard and Lord Inglewood, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Deech and Lady Fookes, for bringing these amendments. This group of amendments…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillYes, that is right. After detailed consultation in which shortlisted schemes toured the UK and a major consultation event for Holocaust survivors was held, the judging panel chose…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, Amendments 24 and 41 proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, deal with the important matter of co-ordination between the programmes to construct a Holocaust memorial…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI politely disagree with the noble Baroness—there is no inconsistency. My job in promoting the Bill is to look at the two main clauses along with the third one, which says that…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillI am not anywhere near sitting down for a while yet, because I have a number of points to make—but I will take the noble Lord’s intervention then. The noble Lord, Lord Inglewood,…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillMy Lords, that is not the way planning works. I will leave my remarks there, in the sense that it is up to the designated planning Minister how he takes this process forward, but…27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillCan I just make a point to the noble Lord?27 Mar 2025HANSARDHolocaust Memorial BillThe noble and learned Lord makes an interesting point, which I hear strongly. I have been studying this plan for a big part of today and I want to reassure noble Lords on it. By…27 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill)That this House do not insist on its Amendment 19, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 19A.26 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill)That this House do not insist on its Amendment 2, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 2A.26 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill)My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who took part in this short debate. We heard concerns that the measures in the Bill for new multipliers do not deliver on the stated intention of…26 Mar 2025