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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a former chartered surveyor—I was one for some 35 years; I resigned when I left private practice—and my comments now, which will be brief, are…22 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, for identifying what I believe to be an unintended consequence in connection with the proposed forced…22 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I add my voice to Amendments 332, 333 and 341 from the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, concerning affordable housing, which lies at the root of the Government’s…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIn the absence of my noble and learned friend Lord Etherton, I will begin this debate with specific reference to Amendments 332, 333 and 341.18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Hodgson, for letting me add my name to his Amendment 471 concerning rights of way. I have never been able to understand why the Government wanted to…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I want to make a brief comment on the subject of hope value, following the very interesting observations by a number of Peers. I fear there has been a bit of a…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillThe viability of development, particularly larger schemes, does not put the developer’s position at risk. The increased costs of—in this case—the infrastructure levy come out of…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI thank the noble Lord for his comment. I agree entirely with what he says. Without being able to challenge line-by-line a financial viability appraisal, it becomes an impossible…20 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, first, I simply put right a matter of record. I failed to declare my interests in our debate before lunch. I have two buy-to-let properties, as marked on the register. I…20 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, before we conclude this group, I start by saying that I do not know how any Government with a social conscience could listen to our debate for the last couple of hours…20 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I was concerned that, after quite a sky-level discussion of missions and strategy and things, Amendment 42 was going to be very specific and granular. We have had some…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I add my voice of welcome to the noble Baroness, Lady Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent, and congratulate her on her excellent maiden speech. We welcome her to this House and…17 Jan 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (England) Regulations 2022My Lords, I declare my interest as a former chartered surveyor, and one who worked in the dark ages in the world of rating. As a former chartered surveyor, I opened the statutory…20 Dec 2022HANSARDHer Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth IIMy Lords, I have listened to many of the speeches today—an extraordinary day. They have been speeches expressing sadness and grief, mixed with wonderful, moving, heartfelt…09 Sept 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillBefore the Minister stands up, perhaps I can make two points. This is a large group of quite diverse amendments. My concern is over the accountable person role. Judging by the…28 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillI support the very interesting comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox—most interestingly, it is immensely refreshing to listen to an amendment that is driven not only by cost…28 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillForgive me butting in at the end but before the Minister responds, I thought that I should make a further point in connection with the amendments of the noble Lords, Lord…24 Feb 2022HANSARDBuilding Safety BillMy Lords, I want to say a few words on PDR. It has been well exercised. First, I should declare my interests: I have practised for many years as a chartered surveyor and have two…21 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillJust to add a little substance to the Minister’s point about the proportionality of fees, I think it worth mentioning that in order to present their case to the arbitrator, SMEs…10 Feb 2022HANSARDCommercial Rent (Coronavirus) BillPerhaps I may address the group on some general points that have been touched on already. I am concerned about whether we in the surveyors’ industry, or wherever the other…10 Feb 2022