Parliamentary search - Housing and Regeneration Bill

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Parliamentary proceeding

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701 c263-320GC

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2007-08

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Department for Communities and Local Government

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House of Lords Grand Committee

Housing and Regeneration Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 47-EN also published.
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
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Proceeding contributions

Earl Cathcart | 701 c271GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister. At this stage, that is all that I wish to say. We may need to come back to thi...

Earl of Listowel | 701 c279GC (Link to this contribution) I am reminded that several years ago I was taken by a group of 10 year-olds—primary schoolchildren—t...

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Baroness Andrews | 701 c314-7GC (Link to this contribution) It has been a thoughtful debate on important topics that, in part, anticipate later debates on the d...

Baroness Ford | 701 c310-1GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord has ruined my joke. On the amendment proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Dixon-Smith, I...

Baroness Hamwee | 701 c295GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the comments of other Members of the Committee. Of course, it is entirely right th...

Baroness Byford | 701 c269GC (Link to this contribution) A minimum of six is what I meant. Is that normal government policy for all boards?

Baroness Ford | 701 c266-7GC (Link to this contribution) I draw the Committee’s attention to the declarations of interest that I made at Second Reading. I am...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 701 c280-1GC (Link to this contribution) Almost everything that could be said on this subject has been said, so one hesitates to get up at th...

Lord Greaves | 701 c281-2GC (Link to this contribution) I was not going to speak on this amendment, but I should like to add one point to those made by my n...

Baroness Ford | 701 c289GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think my quibble was about delays.

Lord Howarth of Newport | 701 c288-9GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Dixon-Smith, has revealed to the Committee my machinations and those of my nobl...

Baroness Ford | 701 c289GC (Link to this contribution) My worry is that the Homes and Communities Agency cannot set itself up as the arbiter of good taste ...

Lord Howarth of Newport | 701 c289GC (Link to this contribution) My quibble, not your quibble.

Lord Howarth of Newport | 701 c290-1GC (Link to this contribution) I do not think that anybody would envisage that the Homes and Communities Agency should set up the d...

Lord Mawson | 701 c278-9GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, welcome the amendment. Since I entered your Lordships’ House I have been very encouraged by ...

Baroness Gould of Potternewton | 701 c320GC (Link to this contribution) The Committee stands adjourned until Monday 19 May at 3.30 pm.

Viscount Eccles | 701 c313GC (Link to this contribution) I would like to come down to earth. I come from the north-east and I remember very well the argument...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 701 c313-4GC (Link to this contribution) We have touched on the first major unresolved situation—the extent to which the Government, through ...

Viscount Eccles | 701 c303-4GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for that. The Minister said earlier that directions were a powerful sanct...

Baroness Ford | 701 c303GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may help with that. By and large, these organisations have been in charge of their own pro...

Baroness Andrews | 701 c304-6GC (Link to this contribution) It has been an interesting debate and I have learnt a great deal in the process. I am not sure that ...

Viscount Eccles | 701 c302GC (Link to this contribution) I am a little uncertain. The annual report and accounts of English Partnerships records the audit co...

Baroness Hamwee | 701 c301GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 8: 8: Schedule 1, page 149, line 37, at end insert— ““( ) No member of staff s...

Baroness Andrews | 701 c298-9GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in this important debate. The noble Viscount is alw...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 701 c297GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Eccles for his kind remarks about my earlier contribution. His...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 701 c292GC (Link to this contribution) In one sense these amendments are trivial but in another they are very important. If the HCA is to w...

Baroness Hamwee | 701 c291-2GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 3: 3: Schedule 1, page 148, line 13, leave out paragraph (b) The noble Barone...

Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville | 701 c292GC (Link to this contribution) I make a slightly different point from my noble friend. I have a great deal of sympathy for what lie...

Baroness Andrews | 701 c269GC (Link to this contribution) Each NDPB is different but there is a requirement for a minimum of six members on a board. But it is...

Baroness Byford | 701 c269GC (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for her response. I apologise for coming in at this stage and for havi...

Earl Cathcart | 701 c263-5GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1: 1: Schedule 1, page 148, line 5, leave out sub-paragraph (1) The noble Ear...

Viscount Eccles | 701 c267GC (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness. I apologise to the Committee for not having spoken at...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 701 c265-6GC (Link to this contribution) In this Room, the phrase comes to me, "““O ye of little faith””." In this Committee, we are setting...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 701 c282-4GC (Link to this contribution) I have to remind the Committee formally of the interests I declared at Second Reading. They remain o...

Lord Best | 701 c275-7GC (Link to this contribution) I, too, support the noble Lord, Lord Howarth, and the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker. Amendment No. 1...

Lord Tyler | 701 c275GC (Link to this contribution) I am glad to have the opportunity to contribute to the Committee’s debate on these amendments. I hav...

Baroness Whitaker | 701 c274-5GC (Link to this contribution) These amendments add a missing link to the Bill's sense of what the Homes and Communities Agency is ...

Baroness Hamwee | 701 c278GC (Link to this contribution) I adopt the noble Baroness’s phrase and say that I associate these Benches with the spirit of the am...

Baroness Ford | 701 c277-8GC (Link to this contribution) I associate myself with the spirit of the amendment. It has been enormously important in the past co...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 701 c320GC (Link to this contribution) Much as I would like to discuss the objects and objectives of the next amendment, this might be a co...

Lord Best | 701 c313GC (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as president of the Local Government Association and have only one simple sent...

Lord Greaves | 701 c317-8GC (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord replies, the Minister said a lot of interesting things. Given the time this ev...

Baroness Ford | 701 c310GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may help by giving some clarification along the way. Both noble Lords have used the words ...

Lord Greaves | 701 c310GC (Link to this contribution) I was not using it for myself but quoting what other people had said. I shall defer judgment on that...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 701 c306-8GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 13: 13: Clause 2, page 1, line 10, leave out ““The”” and insert ““Working thro...

Baroness Hamwee | 701 c306GC (Link to this contribution) I remain troubled. There is no suggestion that the chief executive or other members of staff should ...

Viscount Eccles | 701 c303GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for that and I am entirely sympathetic to the point. Under this paragraph...

Baroness Ford | 701 c302-3GC (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may clarify that. The Milton Keynes sub-committee is quite new. It was created only three ...

Baroness Ford | 701 c302GC (Link to this contribution) I am not in support of this amendment, and I will explain why by way of illustration. The kind of co...

Viscount Eccles | 701 c301GC (Link to this contribution) This morning I was reading on my parliamentary laptop the 2006-07 report published in July 2007. I s...

Lord Graham of Edmonton | 701 c298GC (Link to this contribution) The noble Viscount, Lord Eccles, said that, under his amendment, people would know where they stood....

Viscount Eccles | 701 c295-7GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 6: 6: Schedule 1, page 148, line 23, at end insert— ““( ) One third of the mem...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 701 c297GC (Link to this contribution) My noble friend has pointed out a genuine lacuna in the Bill. A body such as this, with the resource...

Baroness Byford | 701 c270GC (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much.

Baroness Byford | 701 c269GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that clarification. I am a little concerned that, as a minimum, six is not ...

Lord Faulkner of Worcester | 701 c263GC (Link to this contribution) If there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committee will adjourn as soon as th...

Lord Lucas | 701 c279-80GC (Link to this contribution) I add my voice to those supporting these amendments—not that I have any great sympathy for the great...

Baroness Andrews | 701 c284-8GC (Link to this contribution) This has been an excellent debate. I congratulate my noble friend Lord Howarth on his opportunism an...

Lord Howarth of Newport | 701 c271-4GC (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 1A: 1A: Schedule 1, Page 148, line 12, after ““HCA”” insert ““(including desig...

Lord Howarth of Newport | 701 c311-3GC (Link to this contribution) I have complete faith in my noble friend’s good faith towards local government. The noble Lord, Lord...

Lord Dixon-Smith | 701 c318-20GC (Link to this contribution) I shall confine myself to Amendment No. 13—the one that I proposed—in winding up this discussion. I ...

Lord Greaves | 701 c308-10GC (Link to this contribution) I took pity on the noble Lord, Lord Dixon-Smith, for the loneliness of his name beside this amendmen...

Earl Cathcart | 701 c304GC (Link to this contribution) When I first looked at the amendments I thought they made good sense. The arguments have been develo...

Lord Bassam of Brighton | 701 c301GC (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the Committee do now adjourn during pleasure for a period no longer than 15 minut...

Baroness Andrews | 701 c301GC (Link to this contribution) I certainly respect the noble Viscount’s experience, and I listened hard to what he said. However, I...

Viscount Eccles | 701 c299-300GC (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for her reply and I thank noble Lords who took part. If I do a quick piece of a...

Earl Cathcart | 701 c298GC (Link to this contribution) The HCA must prepare an annual report on how it has exercised its functions and send a copy of that ...

Baroness Andrews | 701 c292-5GC (Link to this contribution) Often the most innocuous-looking amendments reveal the greatest issues in the Committee. I am gratef...

Baroness Andrews | 701 c271GC (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that I did not address that point. There will be an amendment later on under which we wil...

Baroness Hamwee | 701 c270GC (Link to this contribution) I shall make one quick point. I realise that I did not refer to local authorities when I spoke origi...

Earl Cathcart | 701 c270-1GC (Link to this contribution) I think that that was a good opener for the Committee today. I should tell the noble Lord, Lord Grah...

Baroness Andrews | 701 c270GC (Link to this contribution) There may be a common-sense definition of capacity and it may well mean personal—but it may also be ...

Baroness Andrews | 701 c270GC (Link to this contribution) I shall explore with officials whether it is a standard number and write to the noble Baroness if th...

Baroness Andrews | 701 c269GC (Link to this contribution) No.

Baroness Andrews | 701 c267-9GC (Link to this contribution) That was a great way to start this debate. I am extremely grateful not just to the noble Earl, Lord ...

Baroness Hamwee | 701 c265GC (Link to this contribution) Amendment No. 2, which is tabled in my name, is in this group. It is perhaps not as high minded as t...

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Housing and Regeneration Bill 2007-08

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