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HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillThe noble Baroness could not expect to get away with that. Any attempt to cast me as a as a poodle of freeholders and opposed to leaseholders is bound to be foiled because it is…24 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I have some familiarity with the Housing Act 1985 from my time in local government. I am reasonably well aware of the obligation to create tenant management…24 Apr 2024HANSARDImpact of Environmental Regulations on Development (Built Environment Committee Report)My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who contributed to this debate. I add my particular congratulations and thanks to my noble friend Lord Banner on his maiden speech. Given the…19 Apr 2024HANSARDImpact of Environmental Regulations on Development (Built Environment Committee Report)That this House takes note of the Report from the Built Environment Committee The impact of environmental regulations on development (2nd Report, Session 2022-23, HL Paper 254).19 Apr 2024HANSARDImpact of Environmental Regulations on Development (Built Environment Committee Report)My Lords, I begin by offering a few words of thanks to the committee and its current and former members. I am delighted to see so many of them here today contributing to the…19 Apr 2024HANSARDSocial Housing: Right-to-buy SalesMy Lords, further to the question from my noble friend Lord Young of Cookham, perhaps my noble friend the Minister has not quite grasped the root of the problem. We are dealing…18 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Stunell, with whom I served on the Built Environment Select Committee. I declare as interests that until August 2023, I…27 Mar 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillI have never actually argued that we should withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. I have an open mind.27 Mar 2024HANSARDChristians: PersecutionMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Foster of Aghadrumsee. I will offer a few reflections of my own. When I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, I…25 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]My Lords, I propose that the Bill be read a second time with some trepidation, not because this is a momentous Bill but, on the contrary, because it is a very modest measure…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]That the Bill be now read a second time.22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]Is the noble Baroness suggesting that I have been in receipt of dark money or any money at all, or would she like to take the opportunity to state that she is not making such an…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]My Lords, I heartily endorse what the noble Baroness has just said about how we address each other. Does she think that stating quite clearly that those who disagree with you are…22 Mar 2024HANSARDFoetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to those who have spoken in the debate. I am not proposing to answer them individually, but I shall make some comments, if I may, about the extraordinary…22 Mar 2024HANSARDUnited Kingdom: UnionMy Lords, I congratulate my noble friend Lord McInnes of Kilwinning, on bringing forward this debate, and in advance I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on the maiden…14 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, and my noble friend Lord Attlee on a very elegant double act. While the amendment that was moved by the noble…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am somewhat crushed by the fact that the noble Lord is able to bring before your Lordships’ House a point he recalls, after 14 years, simply from memory but which I had to spend…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillI am very grateful. Again, my speech is being shredded in advance by points that I was about to make. Really, we are making it extremely easy for my noble and learned friend the…12 Mar 2024HANSARDVictims and Prisoners BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Chakrabarti, for mentioning the release test which is the subject of Amendment 161 in my name. Before I speak to it, I offer a…12 Mar 2024HANSARDUK Population GrowthTo ask His Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recent forecast by the Office for National Statistics that between 2021 and 2036 the UK population will grow…04 Mar 2024