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HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I remind the House of the guidance I provided on Tuesday about the conduct of debates on Report. As we enter the second day on this Bill, there are 13 groups to be…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, for his amendments relating to disqualification for being a mayor of a strategic authority. These amendments seek to prevent an individual…26 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillI thank the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, for her amendment on voting arrangements. Directly elected mayors have a unique democratic mandate. They are the only authority member…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, for his amendments on devolution in Cornwall and for meeting with my noble friend to discuss them in more detail. I pay tribute to…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, for the amendments on precepts. The precept reforms which Amendment 77 seeks to prevent will enable mayors to levy a precept…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillWe are basically saying that, where we can do that, we will, but where there are not the structures of a local, parish or town council, we might not be able to do that. The best…24 Mar 2026HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, for Amendment 6 on further devolution of powers. As your Lordships will know, one of the core aims of the Bill is to create a…24 Mar 2026HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, we are about to start the first day on Report on the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. There are 13 groups to be considered. I will therefore briefly…24 Mar 2026HANSARDSocial Cohesion Action PlanWe have not heard from the Lib Dems yet.16 Mar 2026HANSARDSocial Cohesion Action PlanMy Lords, I remind the House that the next 20 minutes are reserved for questions from Back-Benchers only. I know the whole House would appreciate these rules being adhered to, in…16 Mar 2026HANSARDGreenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (Extension to Maritime Activities) Order 2026I note that, according to paragraph 4.42 of the Companion , the usual advisory speaking times still apply. It is 20 minutes for openers and winders and 15 minutes for everyone…12 Mar 2026HANSARDSecondary International Competitiveness and Growth Objective (FSR Committee Report)My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, for introducing this report and to the noble Lord, Lord Forsyth, the outgoing chair and now the Lord Speaker. Having…11 Mar 2026HANSARDCrown Estate: WalesThe Government’s approach to burying these cables underground is well known, really, because, essentially, where we can do it, we will, in order to protect the local area. It is…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrown Estate: WalesThe Crown Estate and the Government are particularly concerned about ensuring that we have investment in local supply chains, and we are going along with that in whatever we are…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrown Estate: WalesWe have a very good relationship with the Crown Estate and work very closely with the Welsh Government. We will be appointing a commissioner to the Crown Estate to ensure that we…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrown Estate: WalesI thank the noble Baroness for that question, but on the point about oversight, a Crown Estate commissioner with special responsibility for Wales will be appointed in due course.…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrown Estate: WalesMy noble friend is absolutely right that we need to think about energy security. One thing that is coming out of what is happening, tragically, in the Middle East at the moment is…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrown Estate: WalesThe recently passed Crown Estate Act ensured that the Crown Estate can continue working in the best interests of Wales and the wider United Kingdom. The Crown Estate is key to the…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrown Estate: WalesThe best way to answer this question is to look at what we have actually done, with the spending review in 2025 and the spring forecast in 2026. The outcome of that points to…09 Mar 2026HANSARDCrown Estate: WalesJust to repeat my response to the previous question, we have to make sure that we are independent of these problems that we are facing. Rather than relying on fossil fuel, the…09 Mar 2026