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HANSARDEnglish 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, 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, now that we are starting Report, I remind the House that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I very much agree with what the noble Lord, Lord…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I have found this a very important discussion. I am in favour of all the amendments: they all seem to me to have merit. I noted the comments of the noble Lord, Lord…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Mohammed of Tinsley for speaking. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Blunkett, in particular. I strongly support the stand part notices on…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank all those who have spoken, in particular my noble friend Lord Wallace of Saltaire, who made a number of important points about all three of the suggestions…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, what a helpful discussion we have had about this group of amendments. The noble Lord, Lord Fuller, has rightly called this clause a muddle and said that we need to come…11 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillIn view of the points made in the debate on this group of amendments, is it going to change?09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, briefly, I express my support for what the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Bybrook, said. I suggest to the Minister that it might help, particularly as we approach the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, this is a most interesting group of amendments, and there is deep food for thought in what should come back to the House when we get to Report. I am grateful for the…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI agree with my noble friend Lord Wallace of Saltaire. I totally share his view, and we will come on to that matter in the next group. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, for…09 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, this is a very interesting group of amendments. I look forward to the responses of the Minister to the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, who made quite a…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I will be brief. I support all three of the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Best. The contributions so far have been very helpful; I hope that the Minister…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, the four amendments in this group should be supported in principle. We had a lengthy discussion on cultural and heritage issues last week during earlier Committee days…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I will be very brief because we ought to hear from the Minister on the range of questions that have been produced, and I do not want to simply restate them. I have…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Mawson, for his salutary warnings. It is very real when you have the experience of somebody in a particular local area who can say that the…04 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, my name appears on two of the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Moylan: Amendments 115A and 115B. However, I also subscribe to the principle of Amendment…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Bybrook, has just said that she hopes the Government will pay detailed attention to the amendments in this and the previous group,…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I very strongly support the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale, and the cosignatories of this group of amendments. The points I will make will be very similar to those for the…02 Feb 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Bybrook, that Amendment 93 is sensible and proportionate. If you are going to have an annual report, the modest additional…29 Jan 2026