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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 79, 82, 83, and 84. All these amendments relate to audit and scrutiny, and issues that I think are extremely important if the public are…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the Minister for her reply. I think the issues raised across the Committee on this group have been understood by the Government, including the concern that audit and…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I think that these are three very important amendments, and my name appears on Amendment 172. It goes without saying that the fair funding review has been undertaken for…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, very briefly, because time presses, my name is attached to the stand part debates on Clauses 58 and 59. I do not seek to repeat what has been said already about those…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, my name is attached to Amendment 124 in this group, which relates to Clause 40, “Alternative mayoral titles”. I challenge the notion that a choice of titles is required…13 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI say to the Minister that the problem applies in urban areas too; it is not specifically a rural issue. If you look at Merseyside and Liverpool, you will see a mayor, a…13 Mar 2023HANSARDCarer’s Leave BillMy Lords, it is a privilege to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley. Her knowledge and expertise on this subject are unequalled in this Chamber. As she said, the Bill has…03 Mar 2023HANSARDEmployment (Allocation of Tips) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Mitchell. He raised a number of interesting points, particularly around agency workers, credit card fees and new…03 Mar 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMay I ask for a point of clarification on the associate members? Is it possible that a CCA can decide to give an associate member a vote, but not other associate members, and on…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I would like first to welcome the offer from the noble Earl, Lord Howe, of a meeting. I suggest that plenty of time be allowed for us to discuss some of the issues that…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I want to give very substantial support to what the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, has said. She has made several very powerful points. I hope that the Minister…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will make just one or two comments on this group. I have listened very carefully to this and the previous group and I think we have an opportunity for the Government…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, perhaps I could help the Minister at this point by simply suggesting that we add this to the agenda of our meeting, which gets longer and longer as we speak. It is a…27 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, this could be a brief debate on this group of amendments. I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, in her conclusions on missions and metrics—and I shall…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am very grateful for the Minister’s response, but the more I learn, the more worried I get. I have learned tonight that the independent assessors have met several…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI would be very happy with that, but I did not know about, and I think that no one else in this Chamber was aware of, the deep-dive team. That raises another set of questions.…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I declare, for Committee stage as a whole, that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association and a vice-president of the National Energy Action advisory…20 Feb 2023HANSARDEnvironmental Improvement Plan 2023My Lords, as part of the commitment to clean up our rivers, what checks will be undertaken on the levels of industrial toxins in silt in rivers in industrial areas, which can be…06 Feb 2023