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HANSARDCarer’s Leave BillMy Lords, perhaps I might be the first to congratulate the noble Lord, Lord Fox, on his choice of subject and the excellent speech he made in support of it, to which I will add a…03 Mar 2023HANSARDMental Capacity Act 2005: Small Payments SchemeTo ask His Majesty’s Government when they will respond to the findings of their consultation on the Mental Capacity Act 2005: Small Payments Scheme, which closed on 12 January…02 Mar 2023HANSARDMental Capacity Act 2005: Small Payments SchemeI am grateful for that reply. It is a happy coincidence that, after waiting 13 months for a response, one appeared 24 hours before this Question was reached. I very much regret…02 Mar 2023HANSARDHomeless People and Rough SleepingMy Lords, I raise a subject that I have raised several times before: namely, the 200 year-old Vagrancy Act, which refers to “rogues and vagabonds” living in stables and coach…01 Mar 2023HANSARDLocal Housing Allowance RatesMy noble friend has mentioned several times discretionary housing grants, which are available to top up the difference between the local housing allowance and rents. Should not…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I have added my name to the probing amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, which he has moved modestly from the Back Benches and which presses the Government on…22 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillWould the best way to achieve the ambition my noble friend has just set out not be to publish the draft Bill?22 Feb 2023HANSARDLeasehold ChargesMy Lords, last month I asked my noble friend if she would publish the promised leasehold reform Bill in draft. She said she would love to, if only to stop the question being…20 Feb 2023HANSARDCapital Projects: Spending DecisionsMy Lords, on the issue of capital spending, three local authorities have made disastrous capital investments and are now having to raise their council tax by more than the cap in…20 Feb 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I add a brief contribution from these Benches to the excellent speeches that have been made on Amendments 4 and 8. I say to the noble Baroness, Lady Willis, that there…20 Feb 2023HANSARDEconomic Crime and Corporate Transparency BillMy Lords, I hope to make the shortest speech in the debate so far and to complement the contributions from the noble Lords, Lord Vaux and Lord Browne, and the noble Baroness, Lady…08 Feb 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lord Heseltine. Like him, I am a fellow survivor of Margaret Thatcher’s first Administration—although I was but a humble spear…06 Feb 2023HANSARDBuilding SafetyMy Lords, I join others in warmly welcoming the Statement made earlier this week. As has been said, it marks an important milestone on the road to justice for the thousands of…02 Feb 2023HANSARDPublic Order BillI am unable to put Amendment 5, by reason of pre-emption.30 Jan 2023HANSARDLocal Councils: 2023-24 BudgetsMy Lords, allowing local authority expenditure to increase by 9.2% in cash terms seems reasonable to me against the background of the current economic challenges. However, if,…25 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling Up: Funding AllocationMy Lords, I quite understand why the Government wanted to kick-start the levelling-up policy with these centrally allocated grants, but looking ahead, and given the commitment in…23 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, some five hours ago the first Government Back-Bench speaker was my noble friend Lord Bourne, which begins with “B”. I am the last Government Back-Bench speaker, and my…17 Jan 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillAll right—I have knocked on nearly as many doors as all the noble Lords in this Chamber. I have never met anyone who said, “George, what I really want is to be levelled up.” They…17 Jan 2023HANSARDHousebuilding: Government TargetsTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether it remains their policy to build 300,000 homes a year.16 Jan 2023HANSARDHousebuilding: Government TargetsI am grateful to my noble friend for that renewed commitment, but does she recall the 2019 White Paper Fixing Our Broken Housing Market , which listed a number of reasons why we…16 Jan 2023