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HANSARDHousing: Private Rented SectorMy Lords, further to the noble Lord’s original Question, is there not an inevitable tension between the interests of the private landlord on the one hand, who wants access to his…12 Jan 2023HANSARDResidential LeaseholdersMy Lords, I welcome the commitment that my noble friend has just given to make it easier for leaseholders collectively to enfranchise, to make it easier for an individual…12 Jan 2023HANSARDUkraineFurther to the answer that my noble friend the Minister has just given, can she say something about grain exports? They are important, not just as revenue to Ukraine and its…21 Dec 2022HANSARDInfected Blood InquiryMy Lords, I declare an interest: I was a Health Minister 43 years ago and am someone who has been told that they may be a potential witness in this inquiry. Along with those who…20 Dec 2022HANSARDHousing: Cost of LivingMy Lords, 20% of families in England now rent privately and one-third of them rely on housing benefit. That is capped by the local housing allowance, which was fixed on rents in…15 Dec 2022HANSARDEnergy Bill [HL]My Lords, I must inform the Committee that if Amendment 98 is agreed to, I will be unable to call Amendments 99 or 100 by reason of pre-emption. Amendment 9812 Dec 2022HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.12 Dec 2022HANSARDCross-Government Cost CuttingMy noble friend said that the Government were ambitious in their search for cost-cutting savings. May I suggest that ambition be extended to the number of Ministers in the…06 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Dental ContractI am grateful to my noble friend for that reply and for the recent modifications to the contract. But does he agree that much more radical reform is needed to that contract, which…01 Dec 2022HANSARDNHS Dental ContractTo ask His Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the NHS dental contract.01 Dec 2022HANSARDFinancial Inclusion in EnglandMy Lords, I applaud my noble friend Lord Holmes’s campaign to ensure that physical currency is available and valid, but what are the Government doing to ensure that the currency…30 Nov 2022HANSARDHousing (Built Environment Committee Report)My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Campbell-Savours, will speak in the gap remotely, and I invite him to speak briefly.08 Nov 2022HANSARDEmployers: Fire and RehireMy Lords, is it not the case that the Government themselves have been guilty of firing and rehiring Ministers?03 Nov 2022HANSARDFinancial Markets: StabilityMy Lords, I very much welcome this timely debate, introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Sharkey. While the economy has been centre stage for the last two months, we have not debated…03 Nov 2022HANSARDNorthern Ireland Protocol BillIf Amendment 33 is agreed, I cannot call Amendment 34 by reason of pre-emption. Amendment 3302 Nov 2022HANSARDHousing: Manifesto CommitmentI am grateful to my noble friend. However, at Prime Minister’s Questions last week, the former Prime Minister said that “we will abolish the top-down housing targets.”—[ Official…26 Oct 2022HANSARDHousing: Manifesto CommitmentTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they remain committed to building 300,000 new homes a year by the mid-2020s, as proposed in the 2019 Conservative Party Manifesto.26 Oct 2022HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, this Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells are rung and resume after 10 minutes.25 Oct 2022HANSARDGreat British RailwaysMy Lords, further to my noble friend’s reply, while understanding the reason for postponing the legislation, can she confirm that it will not stop worthwhile reform, such as…25 Oct 2022HANSARDEconomic UpdateMy Lords, does my noble friend recognise that there will be real difficulty finding anything like the necessary savings by cutting public expenditure? There will have to be some…19 Oct 2022