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HANSARDTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) BillMy Lords, as the noble and learned Lord knows, I have spent a lot of my life working with people in housing estates in the East End of London. Research we did some years ago…21 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am just about to finish. The noble Lord, Lord Crisp, told us on Tuesday that there is a rising tide in this space. My suggestion is that we all need to grasp the moment or we…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have commented on the door and had conversations with various people around the House, which was very fascinating as a parable of this problem. Christine Gilbert was a…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, before I speak to my Amendment 185SG, can I thank colleagues from all parties across the Committee who have supported me, including the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I wish to say something about the housing regulator, because it is absolutely as the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, is saying. As I explained earlier, in our practical…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am sympathetic to these amendments, but I am also very sympathetic to what the Government are trying to achieve in getting things built. My colleagues and I have been…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPost Office Horizon Inquiry: Volume 1My Lords, this is a very sad story about the failures of a very large business, the Post Office—which many years ago I used to work for—and its culture, and about the failure of…17 Jul 2025HANSARDNHS 10-Year PlanMy Lords, I welcome this plan. As some will know, my colleagues and I have been working in this space for over 40 years, trying to encourage a move into our communities of a more…09 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is very difficult to talk about anything of substance in five minutes on a subject so central to this Government. But having talked with colleagues in the industry, I…25 Jun 2025HANSARDMental Health Bill [HL]I support Amendment 148 from the noble Lord, Lord Crisp. I have just arrived back from a three-day event with Professor Brian Cox in Northern Ireland, where we had been bringing…22 Jan 2025HANSARDLocal Government ReorganisationMy Lords, can the Minister please inform the House of any work the Government have done on what the practical implications might be of this local government reorganisation on…16 Jan 2025HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, I too begin by adding my congratulations to the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. I wish them well in their new roles. There is something very…18 Jul 2024HANSARDImpact of Environmental Regulations on Development (Built Environment Committee Report)My Lords, I will not rehearse in this speech the points made in the committee’s report. They are now in the public domain and are clear and have been set out in this debate. I…19 Apr 2024HANSARDNHS: Long-term SustainabilityMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel, for this timely debate. My colleagues and I at the Bromley by Bow Centre have been at the cutting edge of innovation in primary…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLocal Regeneration: Industrial AreasMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Armstrong, for initiating the debate. I know she cares a great deal about these issues and the local communities they affect, many of…07 Mar 2024HANSARDLocal Regeneration: Industrial AreasCan I just make a correction? I asked about not the towns fund but the levelling up fund. Maybe the Minister can write to us and just tell us what percentage of money has actually…07 Mar 2024HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I thank all those who have taken part in this debate and who have engaged with me as I put together these two amendments. I thank in particular the noble Lord, Lord…18 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill18 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I put these two amendments, Amendments 282A and 282B, down at Report because we were unable to debate them during Committee because of the timing of the debates. To save…18 Sept 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Ravensdale’s Amendment 504GG, which is practical and puts some real drive into our town centres. I want to quote a colleague of mine from…22 May 2023