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HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillThe Minister mentioned regulations following Royal Assent and I am happy with that, but could she confirm that this will have a consultation process attached to it? She also…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillI am delighted about what the Minister has just said. I thank her for that and apologise for making her say it twice, if I did. It is my understanding that this is now a permanent…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, I have two amendments in this group, to which the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, who cannot be with us because he is arguing his case across the way in the…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, for their support in connection with this. Although I understand what the Minister says is the…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, I was making the point that it should be a defence for a business rate payer to say that they had reasonably relied on published VOA or other guidance in respect of…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillI would like to tease out a little more information following the Minister’s response on Amendment 17. What happens, in effect, is that the evidence is part of an adjudication…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, this is the first of a series of amendments relating to penalties. Amendment 22 tries to create a defence to a penalty. I say straightaway that I do not have any…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, I have five amendments in this group. I support the noble Lord, Lord Thurlow, in what he has just said in relation to Amendments 15 and 17. My Amendment 16 follows on…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillI thank the Minister; that would be very helpful.03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating Bill03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating Bill03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, I see a point here, and I shall have to reflect further on what the Minister has said in this respect and may well need to return to the issue at a later stage of the…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, I support the amendments in this group. At one of my meetings with the Minister and her Bill team I was told that it was not HMRC—or they may have said Treasury—practice…03 Jul 2023HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating BillMy Lords, it is always a pleasure to have another go at business rate legislation. As I always do, I inform the House that I am a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered…19 Jun 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 426 in my name. I start by declaring an erstwhile interest as a former property manager of retail premises. It had a high street address,…22 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it is a privilege to be a co-sponsor of this proposal, so ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter of Kentish Town, and spoken to by the noble Earl, Lord…22 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, it was with concern that I read the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee’s 31st report in relation to the very matter that the noble Lord, Lord Stunell, with…22 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 348 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market. The reason that I have taken on this role is that I am one of her…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to the question of whether Clauses 174 and 175 should stand part and, to some extent, to government Amendment 412D. I thank the noble Lord, Lord…03 May 2023HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe, raises a matter which concerns me. I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Pickering, on this amendment. I am not, and never…24 Apr 2023