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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill13 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI shall speak also to Amendment 212 in my name. I should say at the outset that, unless the Minister can give a very convincing response about the rights of a local authority and…13 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, this is an important contribution, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, for proposing it. I support it, but I think the Government will want to do things…13 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI want to say one thing in response to this group and will try not to repeat anything that anybody has said. I am very puzzled by the Conservative Party’s stance on our first past…13 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWill the Minister define more carefully the phrase “market value”? She said many times “market value” and “hope value” and that there could be negotiations about the value of a…13 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill13 Apr 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, my name appears in two or three places in this grouping. I join the noble Lord, Lord Bassam of Brighton, in saying how important Amendment 245 and the consequential…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I see group 5 on social mobility as one of the most important that we have to consider on this second day on Report. I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale,…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, there are three very important amendments here, and I look forward to hearing the Minister’s response. I have two caveats. The first is that it is quite difficult for…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for the clarity of his explanation: that as of today, existing legislation holds sway in this respect. With that assurance, I beg leave to withdraw…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I hope this group will be very brief, because I seek clarification from the Minister on a matter that has caused me some concern. Clause 16 of the Bill refers to…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillBriefly, my Lords, this has been another important group of amendments. The response by the Minister will be important, because a lot of very good and important issues have been…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I can see that this is a very important group. We have moved on, and I am happy for us to have moved on. So, while in Committee I said that I wanted to see the abolition…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, on this matter, which I have raised on a number of occasions in your Lordships’ House because I have never been clear about…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, it seems to me that all the amendments in this group would amount to good practice; this is what should happen. I hope the Minister will confirm that the amendments are…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, in this group I have Amendments 49, 95 and 96, and I have signed Amendment 182 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Bichard. In speaking to Amendment 49, I want to thank…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Bybrook, for pointing out that issue. I am glad that she did. I thank the Minister for his reply, but I have concluded…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill24 Mar 2026