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HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for that reply and I am certainly prepared to accept what he says in relation to the Government’s intentions. I will need to consider…27 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]27 Nov 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry ReportMy Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in this debate. The great advantage of being a fair way down the list is that it enables me to strike out some of the things that I would…22 Nov 2024HANSARDProduct Regulation and Metrology Bill [HL]My Lords, I too was unable to be at Second Reading, so this is my first occasion to make comment. I preface my further remarks by thanking the noble Lord, Lord Leong, for his…20 Nov 2024HANSARDRenters (Reform) BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to speak in this debate. I have interests to declare as a chartered surveyor and a small-scale private rented sector landlord, both of some 50-plus…15 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. Needless to say, too many further questions arise out of all this, and there are too many points for me to be…01 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 93B I will also speak to linked Amendment 107 and Amendments 105C to 105G standing in my name. These amendments offer a range of proposals to enhance…01 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill01 May 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, it is my privilege to thank all noble Lords for their contributions to the debate on this group. I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath, for his…29 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, the themes that have been touched on by the three noble Baronesses who have spoken to this group are familiar to me as a professional. They all pivot around these common…29 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I move Amendment 82C and will speak to Amendments 82D to 82M standing in my name. These draw on good practice in the management of multiunit developments in Australia,…29 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I do not think I am actually the next in line to speak on this, but I have Amendments 78C to 78G and 80A and 80B standing in my name. The intentions behind the Bill in…29 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillI will be very brief. Some of the costs that have arisen are as a result of Fire Safety Act and Building Safety Act provisions set up by the Government. Some time ago, I asked the…29 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform Bill29 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I am very pleased to be able to speak to this amendment and very grateful to the right reverend Prelate for tabling it. His office asked me whether I would add my name,…24 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillI take the noble Baroness’s point about things changing, but I ask her to cast her mind back—although she was not there at the time, any more than I was—to the great reforms in…24 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, I come to this from a professional viewpoint. I am a chartered surveyor and, until recently, I was a registered valuer with my…24 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillI believe it means that it cannot be disposed of away from the purposes of the charity. I am not a lawyer and I am afraid I do not know exactly, but I understood it to be the term…24 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I will speak to this group, as the noble Lord, Lord Truscott, mentioned my name, although I have not yet spoken. He represents one viewpoint and the noble Lords, Lord…22 Apr 2024HANSARDLeasehold and Freehold Reform BillMy Lords, I agree fundamentally with the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, and with what other noble Lords have said with regard to the desirability of a…22 Apr 2024