Rating (Empty Properties) Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question. Committee negatived.
Rating (Empty Properties) Bill
Debate on bills on Tuesday, 26 June 2007,
in the House of Lords,
led by Lord Davies of Oldham.
The answering
member was Baroness Noakes.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
693 c575-88 
Session
2006-07
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Rating (Empty Properties) Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 80-EN also published.
Thursday, 14 June 2007
Bills
House of Lords
Thursday, 14 June 2007
Bills
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Noakes | 693 c581-4 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, it gives me no pleasure to take part in this Second Reading debate. As the noble Lord, Lor...
Lord Newby | 693 c579-81 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Government give two principal justifications for this measure: first, it will improve,...
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Earl of Liverpool | 693 c578-9 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I thank the Minister for setting out the mechanics of the Bill and explaining how the Gove...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c575-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time.
This is in essence a Bill about t...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c588 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister said that he has accepted that there are difficulties for farmers in letting ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c587-8 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, if I continue the argument I might provoke the noble Earl into recalling what he wanted to...
Earl of Liverpool | 693 c586-7 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt again and I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. He menti...
Earl of Liverpool | 693 c585 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, not quite as much as £64 billion, but a significant amount.
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c585-6 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I recognise that the noble Lord, Lord Newby, never speaks without consideration and carefu...
Earl of Liverpool | 693 c585 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. I want to pick up on his point about pension...
Baroness Noakes | 693 c584 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, the Minister may have misunderstood my argument. I said that there was no evidence that if...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c585 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, those issues are of course a danger; the markets are far from perfect, as we on this side ...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c584 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords who participated in this debate and accept the ritual complai...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c588 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, in the short term, it cannot help where there is insufficient demand. The noble Baroness w...
Lord Davies of Oldham | 693 c585 (Link to this contribution)
My Lords, £3 billion.
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