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HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, Amendment 3 in my name is designed to shed light on what the Government mean by premises that significantly contribute to “business purposes”. We may move into less…09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]I am very grateful to the Minister for his reply. I press him on what he said right at the end about the importance of getting the Bill through “as speedily as possible”. I accept…09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]09 Jun 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 12 and its consequential Amendments 7, 8, 17, 22 and 23. Their effect is broadly the same as Amendments 1 and 2, in the name of my noble friend…09 Jun 2021HANSARDRogue Landlords RegisterMy Lords, I commend the excellent report Journeys in the Shadow Private Rented Sector by Cambridge House, which reveals the extent of organised crime in the murkier parts of this…26 May 2021HANSARDLeasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill [HL]My Lords, like others who have spoken, I very much welcome this Bill. It is another step along the road of reform that, as my noble friend Lord Blencathra said, began in 1967 with…24 May 2021HANSARDBritain’s RailwaysCan my noble friend confirm that the key objectives of privatisation—which could have been called the “Young-Major plan for rail”, had modesty not intervened—will be retained?…24 May 2021HANSARDSocial HousingMy Lords, we all agree that more social homes should be built and I welcome my noble friend’s statement, but does he agree that, for every one family housed in a newly built home,…24 May 2021HANSARDRent Arrears: Covid-19My Lords, in the debate in Grand Committee on 22 April on poverty and mass evictions I asked my noble friend whether his department would do a quick review of the schemes in Wales…20 May 2021HANSARDSize of the House of LordsMy Lords, good progress was made in the last Parliament in reducing the high numbers in your Lordships’ House by a combination of increased retirements by your Lordships and…18 May 2021HANSARDSize of the House of LordsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to respond to the latest report of the Lord Speaker’s committee on the size of the House.18 May 2021HANSARDRailway Industry Association ReportMy Lords, the report mentioned by the noble Lord, Lord Faulkner, makes a compelling case for accelerating the electrification programme so that we can hit our carbon commitments,…18 May 2021HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness and to be the first to congratulate her on an excellent and moving maiden speech. It may sound counterintuitive but this is…13 May 2021HANSARDLeaseholders and Property Management CompaniesMy Lords, on 5 January, when I described leaseholders as “a relic from a feudal age”, my noble friend replied: “There is no doubt that in this country we are unique in having…29 Apr 2021HANSARDCovid-19: Poverty and Mass EvictionsMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Bird, for initiating this short debate. He mentioned that it was 30 years ago that he launched the Big Issue . I was the Housing…22 Apr 2021HANSARDMobile Telephones: Public Emergency Alert SystemMy Lords, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Harris, for pursuing with such vigour the recommendations of his report published nearly five years ago. I recall some difficult times at…21 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Leigh of Hurley made a powerful case for his amendment, as did the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Albans for the two amendments to which he…14 Apr 2021HANSARDFinancial Services BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend for stretching the constraints that we understand are forced on him as far as we could reasonably expect. I ask him, without trampling on the…14 Apr 2021HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for his personal commitment to solving this problem, but he will understand my disappointment at his letter of 23 March, which says…25 Mar 2021HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards enabling children with learning disabilities to access their Child Trust Funds.25 Mar 2021