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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I regret that my noble friend has done absolutely nothing to reassure me. He said that the reason for the clause was to set out the conditions and parameters of any…22 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, having listened with care to what has been said on these amendments on this important part of the Bill, I will make a couple of comments. I listened with care to what my…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, how sensible it was of my noble friend Lord Trenchard to degroup this amendment from the previous group, which already had 29 amendments in it. This is far too important…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, maybe it is because it is Thursday afternoon, but I am slightly more confused now than before my noble friend gave his reply. He said that the land would be within the…18 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIf I were a fisherman on one of the Dorset rivers now with the mayfly hatching, I would have caught a most wonderful trout at the end of my line. I say to the noble Baroness that…18 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who took part on my amendment, and those from the noble Lords, Lord Krebs and Lord Whitty, because we have had a very useful…15 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill15 May 2023HANSARDRetained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) BillMy Lords, we move from powers to revoke or replace to powers to update. I am very grateful for the support that I have got from the noble Baronesses, Lady Willis of Summertown and…15 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the whole compulsory purchase issue is a complex and niche part of the law, as has been well explained in the debate today. I am hugely grateful to the noble Lord, Lord…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, my noble friend slightly confused me when she mentioned education, health and affordable housing and then in another sentence said that education, health and affordable…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillWhy do we have to adjourn when we are in the middle of an important debate? For the continuity of that debate, surely if the Minister replies now, that will be fine.03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI very much support what has been said about adaptation and drainage because of the flooding situation. I shall mention one incident to my noble friend on the Front Bench because…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillIt is not my amendment; it belongs to the noble Lord, Lord Carrington.03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am grateful for that very full reply from my noble friend, which I will want to read, but a number of points in it concern me. I hope that she will find time for a…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I am sure my noble friend Lord Harlech agrees with me that the idea behind these amendments is absolutely right and that we all want to see an increase in nature and…24 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I have listened with great care to my noble friend. I understand about consolidation and legislation; it is immensely complicated. He used a phrase that I half wrote…24 Apr 2023HANSARDMicrochipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023My Lords, I welcome this long-overdue statutory instrument. I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Benyon for introducing it. I have one specific question for him, to which I…19 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I will take this opportunity to speak to my Amendments 270A and 270B, which are amendments to the amendment just spoken to by the noble Baroness. I added wildfires…18 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, before I come back to my Amendments 270A and 270B, and Amendment 270 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, I need to correct one small thing that the…18 Apr 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillI knew that would get a rise out of the noble Baroness. Coming back to my amendments, I think my noble friend said that there was legislation already on the statute book to cope…18 Apr 2023