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HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I do not wish to talk for more than a moment, as I have Amendment 32 coming in the next group.18 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I add my support to the important comments from the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Bybrook. The importance of anchors cannot be overemphasised, particularly in smaller…18 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillBefore the Minister sits down, could I point out that these forecasts are all going to be hypothetical? In five months’ time, the VOA will produce, or have access to, the updated…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, most of the amendments this afternoon have concerned schools. I want to return to commercial premises in my contribution on this group. Amendments 75 and 76 in the names…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I will add a few words on this important group of amendments. It is not possible to do an impact assessment at the moment. This has been rushed, and the new valuation…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI thank noble Lords who have taken part in this final group, and I thank the Minister for offering an opportunity to meet to discuss this in more detail, which I will take up. I…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI too do not wish to labour the point but, if I understood him correctly, the Minister said that the ministry already has access to the new valuation list. Yet Colliers, a leading…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI have not added my name to these amendments, but I feel strongly about them. This vital group, articulated so well by the noble Lord, Lord Black of Brentwood, is directly focused…27 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, has taken the words out of my mouth. I support much of what he has said. The starting place for my comments on this group is that the Bill…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI thank noble Lords who have taken part in this group. The most important takeaway is that it would be too little, too late to postpone until 2027. The acute pain felt in the high…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillDoes the Minister have any comments to make on the possibility of redefining the use classes for the purposes of rating, which would focus on the Amazon generic problem?24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI will say a few words in support of the excellent Amendments 8, 9 and 10 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Scott. It had not occurred to me but is worth saying here that,…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillI will briefly add a few comments. I wholeheartedly support Amendment 11 from the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, in principle. The noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, has clearly…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, after my practice run, for which I apologise, I rise to address this second group. Conveniently, it consists of three amendments, all in my name. Before doing so, I…24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy Lords, I stand to introduce the second group, in which, conveniently, there are three amendments, all in my name—24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) BillMy apologies.24 Feb 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill24 Feb 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, I congratulate the two maiden speakers on their inspiring, eloquent and very interesting speeches. I want to inform the noble Lord, Lord Wilson, that he and I share…04 Feb 2025HANSARDInheritance Tax, National Insurance and VATMy Lords, I will focus my comments on small farms, and refer to my entries in the register. The impact of removing APR will engineer the collapse of many small family farms, as we…27 Jan 2025