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HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for that reply, in particular her words on the relationship with local authorities. I will study that in Hansard and come back to her…02 Sept 2025HANSARDChildren’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill02 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have tabled Amendment 185B, and I completely agree with the noble Earl on his amendment. I have tabled amendments on permitted development elsewhere in this Bill. It…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I very much approve of what the Government are doing in this clause. I think they should go a bit further. I want to illustrate this in the context of the challenges…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, looking at livestock markets and abattoirs as critical national infrastructure would enable a coherent response to a set of problems that have been building up for many…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to everybody who spoke on this amendment. The noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, gave me hope for a moment when she said that the average age of a…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I very much support my noble friend in these amendments. This is not just something that is happening in this Bill; it is also going on in the Children’s Wellbeing and…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, before my noble friend withdraws his amendment, I have a question for the Minister. He said the definition needs to be fleshed out in due course. Under what powers in…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 57C in this group, which proposes some alternative ways of solving the same problem, so I do not propose to go into it in great depth. The point of this…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 61 in this group. Its purpose follows on from what my noble friend Lord Gascoigne said: namely, that we have not built a new reservoir for a long time.…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I very much support my noble friend’s amendment and the speeches that have been made. Getting good guidance published makes a lot of difference. There are always reasons…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I very much support Amendments 63 and 106 in this group. I will speak fearlessly to them, because my noble friend Lord Moylan has already put the WD-40 on my set of…24 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, I have Amendment 144 in this group. We discussed the same amendment in Committee. If we do not have a number, it means that, essentially, one employee could trigger…21 Jul 2025HANSARDState of Climate and NatureQuestion.21 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI congratulate the Government on this excellent amendment, and I join the thanks to Zelda Perkins and her colleagues for their tireless efforts to bring it to this point. I have a…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillMy Lords, has the Minister consulted the Clerk of the Parliaments about how he would apply this clause to this House, should it be passed? What would be the rules in, for…14 Jul 2025HANSARDEmployment Rights BillI beg the Minister, if I might, for a letter in response to my questions. I quite understand that she cannot answer them now.14 Jul 2025HANSARDTourism LevyMy Lords, one of the problems that face seaside towns is that homeless people tend to prefer to be there rather than inland. Do the Government have any plans to make sure that the…14 Jul 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, if I could share my recollection of the Countess of Mar, I was Agriculture spokesman for the last Government, and she had some strong opinions. Whenever I received my…09 Jul 2025