Localism Bill

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 7 September 2011, in the House of Lords.

Localism Bill. Lords report stage second day. New clauses (Amendments 41, 47, 62, 77, 81 to 84, 91 and 94) debated and withdrawn. Adjourned.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

730 c283-344,360-82

Session

2010-12

Department

Department for Communities and Local Government

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Localism Bill. As amended in Committee. (Lords Minutes).
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c288-9 (Link to this contribution) Of course it is. One would hope that they do and I accept that overwhelmingly they have, under the c...

Lord Shutt of Greetland | 730 c288 (Link to this contribution) That would be the anticipation but the idea is that the Government pay on the dot at the appropriate...

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Lord Best | 730 c289 (Link to this contribution) 41: After Clause 155, insert the following new Clause— ““Proceeds of sale of social housing (1) In s...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c284-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 43 and 45. Clause 155 introduces the concept of settlemen...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c283 (Link to this contribution) 39: Clause 155, page 149, line 5, leave out ““, or is likely to be,””

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c288 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his very detailed, if predictable, reply. In relation to Amendmen...

Lord Shutt of Greetland | 730 c286-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, for moving his amendments, the first of which is Am...

Lord Best | 730 c320 (Link to this contribution) 54: Clause 163, leave out Clause 163

Earl Attlee | 730 c320-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Clause 163 is important in increasing mobility for social housing tenants who may wish to ...

Lord Best | 730 c320 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 54 is in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy and myself. Currently, the Secretary of ...

Earl Attlee | 730 c319-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, these amendments focus on the potential impact of accreditation schemes, both in the priva...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c322 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for his response. Clearly we are not going to agree on this. Nevert...

Lord Best | 730 c321 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Earl for that response. I agree entirely that improving mobility and exch...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c321 (Link to this contribution) 55: Schedule 16, page 374, line 4, after ““means”” insert ““the Regulation officer of””

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c321-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will be as brief as possible in speaking to this group of amendments. My Amendment 55 se...

Earl Attlee | 730 c322 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the way in which the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, succinctly m...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c313-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does the Minister accept that what has been proposed would enable tenants to keep their ri...

Baroness Hanham | 730 c312-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it has been a very interesting and helpful debate, mostly coming from people who understan...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c311-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am pleased to support my noble friend Lady Hayter of Kentish Town in the amendment she h...

Lord Greaves | 730 c311 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I accept that and I think the noble Lord is quite right. All I would say is that I would expect...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c318 (Link to this contribution) 52B: Clause 163, page 152, line 8, at end insert— ““( ) In section 36 of the Housing and Regeneratio...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c318-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 52B, I shall speak also to Amendment 85. During the course of delibera...

Lord Greaves | 730 c314 (Link to this contribution) Does the noble Baroness accept that our amendments are not intended to be a perfect answer? We table...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 730 c315 (Link to this contribution) The problem that remains—and I shall explain why I think there is still a problem—is the Minister’s ...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 730 c314 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response and, indeed, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken...

Lord Newton of Braintree | 730 c305 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I ought to declare a string of interests. I am an ex-MP; my wife is a district councillor;...

Lord Beecham | 730 c306-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Newton, not least because he is only th...

Baroness Eaton | 730 c307-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, referred more positively to the role of ...

Lord Best | 730 c308 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, support the role of councillors and their engagement in these processes, but I do ...

Lord True | 730 c308-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also declare an interest as a local councillor. I must say to the noble Lord, Lord Beech...

Lord Greaves | 730 c309 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the first time that I have spoken on Report so I should declare a few interests. I...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 730 c309 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was not trying to say that. I was trying to say that, having gone through such an exhaus...

Lord Greaves | 730 c309-10 (Link to this contribution) I entirely accept that. However, in my experience, not all housing associations are the same and som...

Lord Whitty | 730 c310 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, does not the noble Lord accept that if a tenant has reservations about their circumstances...

Earl Ferrers | 730 c296 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness is making a very interesting speech, but she will talk in acronyms. She talks abo...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 730 c294-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a relatively small amendment but I think that it may have wider repercussions. Fir...

Lord Shutt of Greetland | 730 c297 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord for their contributions. It is more complica...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 730 c298-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I regret that the noble Lord, Lord Shutt, did not actually listen to the arguments I sough...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 730 c296 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the noble Earl. As I am so anxious to persuade him to agree with me, I will happily t...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c296-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the amendment proposed by my noble friend Lady Hollis is most interesting and has consider...

Lord Tope | 730 c302-4 (Link to this contribution) Whereas the noble Baroness began by saying that she had been neither an MP nor a councillor, I begin...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 730 c304-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like the Minister I, too, have been a housing chair in a local authority, for some 11 year...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 730 c299 (Link to this contribution) 52A: Clause 163, page 152, line 8, at end insert— ““( ) In section 36 of the Housing and Regeneratio...

Lord Best | 730 c289-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendments 41 and 51 are also about local authorities having greater freedom to organise t...

Baroness Hollis of Heigham | 730 c294 (Link to this contribution) 47: After Clause 158, insert the following new Clause— ““Social housing rents Landlords of social ho...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c293 (Link to this contribution) The Minister said that the Government were reducing the level of debt that local authorities would o...

Lord Shutt of Greetland | 730 c292-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the five noble Lords who have spoken and I pay tribute to the noble Lord, Lord Bes...

Lord Best | 730 c293-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the housing revenue account is often compared to the Schleswig-Holstein question. Of the o...

Lord Shutt of Greetland | 730 c293 (Link to this contribution) I might have to think that one through, because I see the contra. On the other hand, there is only o...

Earl of Listowel | 730 c291 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hesitate to speak, having not taken part in previous work on this Bill, but my noble fri...

Lord Beecham | 730 c290-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord referred to the 75 per cent tax levied on the proceeds of right-to-buy sale...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c292 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have put our name to this amendment and support it thoroughly for the reasons that have...

Lord Whitty | 730 c291 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also strongly support this amendment. First, if we look retrospectively, had this provis...

Baroness Hanham | 730 c331 (Link to this contribution) I will try to dig us out of this muddle. I am happy to have discussions and to include the Oppositio...

Lord Greaves | 730 c331 (Link to this contribution) These are all interventions on my speech, but that is quite all right. I happily give way to the Min...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 730 c332 (Link to this contribution) 74: Clause 167, page 154, line 6, at end insert— ““( ) If having made a determination of pay compens...

Lord Greaves | 730 c332 (Link to this contribution) On the basis that we are all happy pals together, at least for the moment, I beg leave to withdraw t...

Lord Beecham | 730 c332-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will follow the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, on the question of compensation. Clearly, the o...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 730 c332 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment also has the fatal ““o”” word—ombudsman—in it, but noble Lords need not be ...

Lord Beecham | 730 c333 (Link to this contribution) My question is in relation to the other routes that have been included in the Bill and which may be ...

Earl Attlee | 730 c333 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 74 highlights the Housing Ombudsman’s power to order a member landlord to pay co...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 730 c333 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for his reply and the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, for his comments. I...

Earl Attlee | 730 c333 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in view of the complexity, a detailed letter would be appropriate.

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 730 c331 (Link to this contribution) Of course, technically we voted on Amendment 53A. I did not move the other amendments.

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c331 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may make it clear that we voted on the original proposition because we believed that it wo...

Lord Newton of Braintree | 730 c331 (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Lord withdraws the amendment, as I presume he will, I will express the hope that th...

Baroness Hanham | 730 c331 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am in an interesting position. I offered discussions when debating the last group of ame...

Lord Greaves | 730 c331 (Link to this contribution) I think that that was an acceptable answer. I understand that we cannot bring back the amendment tha...

Lord Greaves | 730 c330 (Link to this contribution) 73A: Clause 167, page 153, line 35, at end insert— ““(3A) If a designated person who is asked to ref...

Lord Greaves | 730 c331 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we discussed this issue at some length when debating a previous group of amendments. The M...

Earl Attlee | 730 c330 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, those are exceptionally good questions, but unfortunately I will have to write to the nobl...

Earl Attlee | 730 c330 (Link to this contribution) 66: Schedule 17, page 388, line 13, at end insert— ““17 In section 320 of the Housing and Regenerati...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c330 (Link to this contribution) We are grateful to the Government for responding to the earlier amendment. I acknowledge that the no...

Lord Best | 730 c330 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the Minister for what he has just said. There has been a problem here, but it ...

Earl Attlee | 730 c329-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in Committee, the noble Lords, Lord Best, Lord Patel, Lord McKenzie and Lord Beecham, tabl...

Lord Shipley | 730 c329 (Link to this contribution) I understand the point that the Minister is making—that this Bill may not be the right forum for pro...

Earl Attlee | 730 c329 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we are happy to continue work to resolve the issue, but not with this Bill.

Lord Shipley | 730 c329 (Link to this contribution) I understand that situation. With that confirmation, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendme...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c328 (Link to this contribution) Before the Minister sits down, I shall press him on this point. In order to get time for this to be ...

Earl Attlee | 730 c328 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we will do whatever we can to assist a resolution of this problem. We will continue to mon...

Lord Shipley | 730 c328-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I moved Amendment 62, I quoted from the Minister’s letter which said that she was sym...

Earl Attlee | 730 c329 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I said that we cannot enter further discussions. We cannot use this Bill to solve this pro...

Earl Attlee | 730 c328 (Link to this contribution) With regard to the evidence, if I can give the noble Lord some more evidence I will, but I am not ce...

Lord Shipley | 730 c328 (Link to this contribution) Will it be possible for the evidence that the Minister referred to from the regulator, the Charity C...

Earl Attlee | 730 c328 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am confident that my department will continue to monitor the situation, but we cannot do...

Lord Shipley | 730 c325 (Link to this contribution) 62: After Clause 166, insert the following new Clause— ““Transfer of trusteeship of almshouses In se...

Lord Shipley | 730 c325-6 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 62 relates to the transfer of trusteeship of almshouses. I am grateful to my noble friend ...

Baroness Hanham | 730 c324-5 (Link to this contribution) 61: Schedule 16, page 381, line 15, at end insert— ““Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 17) 59A The Ho...

Earl Attlee | 730 c327-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as regards the amendment moved by my noble friend Lord Shipley, I recognise the strength o...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c328 (Link to this contribution) I know that the Minister was not tempted by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, but can he give the House ...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c326 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I offer my support and that of the Opposition to the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, as I have d...

Lord Best | 730 c326-7 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 67 stands in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy. It concerns the appointment...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c324 (Link to this contribution) Would the noble Earl like to suggest the number of times you have to disagree before you are deemed ...

Earl Attlee | 730 c324 (Link to this contribution) No, my Lords, that would not meet the test of what is unsuitable. If the Secretary of State tried to...

Lord Best | 730 c324 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will certainly not press the matter further. However, it is important for the Government...

Earl Attlee | 730 c324 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would imagine that a committee could have very free and frank discussions, perhaps lasti...

Lord Best | 730 c322 (Link to this contribution) 60: Schedule 16, page 375, line 33, leave out ““, unfit or unsuitable”” and insert ““or unfit””

Lord Best | 730 c322-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment concerns the terms of appointment of members for the new regulation committ...

Lord Newton of Braintree | 730 c323 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot resist it, especially since I am well known to be classified as unsuitable by my ...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c323 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Opposition fully support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Best. The amendme...

Earl Attlee | 730 c323-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is important that the regulation committee is able to function effectively in order to ...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c324 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Earl sits down, does he see the problem that we on this side see: that so...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 730 c378-9 (Link to this contribution) 94: After Clause 174, insert the following new Clause— ““Establishment of London Housing and Regener...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 730 c379 (Link to this contribution) The amendment is about establishing a strategic board in London. Noble Lords may say that there is a...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 730 c377-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my namesake reads the situation pretty well and makes a very thoughtful contribution, as h...

Lord Shipley | 730 c378 (Link to this contribution) I thank my noble friend the Minister for his response. In respect of Amendment 93 and tenancy relati...

Baroness Hanham | 730 c381 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this. One of the most enlightening things...

Lord Jenkin of Roding | 730 c379-80 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is the first time that I have addressed the House at the Report stage of this Bill. I...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c380-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I can be extremely brief. As the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, indicated, we have put our name ...

Baroness Hanham | 730 c381-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is important. We do not believe that it is necessary to prescribe in statute the requ...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 730 c382 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my noble friend Lady Hanham makes my points for me. She points out that the GLA and the ma...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c370 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I will speak only very briefly in this debate as the Newcastle duo—the noble Lord, Lord Sh...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 730 c370-1 (Link to this contribution) Well, my Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, and I know that when the Toons are on the run we are i...

Lord Shipley | 730 c371 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad that the Minister is not complacent, but I think that this issue is not being ta...

Lord Shipley | 730 c371 (Link to this contribution) 91: After Clause 172, insert the following new Clause— ““Standards for private sector lettings and m...

Lord Whitty | 730 c373-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I support Amendment 92. Those of us who are looking at the housing market recognise that t...

Baroness Gardner of Parkes | 730 c374 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I apologise for my delay in getting back to the Chamber. I had jobs that I simply had to d...

Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 730 c374-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 93 which, for the accountants here, follows Amendments 91 and 9...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c375-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I should start by declaring that I am a landlord of a property that is let through...

Lord Taylor of Goss Moor | 730 c376-7 (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak very briefly. I suspect that for all sorts of reasons Ministers are going to be relu...

Baroness Doocey | 730 c341 (Link to this contribution) Thank you. On that basis I withdraw the amendment. Amendment 77 withdrawn. Clause 171 : Tenancy de...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 730 c341 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I think we have made it quite clear that in our view this Bill is not the place to be putting t...

Baroness Doocey | 730 c340 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am quite disappointed with the Minister’s response. I find it astonishing that the Minis...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 730 c339-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Doocey for bringing these amendments and indeed the noble Lor...

Earl Attlee | 730 c341 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move Amendment 78 and speak to Amendments 79, 80 and 243. These amendments are fo...

Earl Attlee | 730 c341 (Link to this contribution) 78: Clause 171, page 159, line 27, leave out from ““words”” to ““and”” in line 31 and insert ““for “...

Baroness Gardner of Parkes | 730 c339 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sympathetic to the idea of the need for action on this. I was very distressed this we...

Lord Beecham | 730 c338-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, even in your Lordships’ House there are not many of us who were around when these standard...

Baroness Doocey | 730 c337-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of the London Assembly and the Metropolitan Police Autho...

Baroness Doocey | 730 c336-7 (Link to this contribution) 77: After Clause 170, insert the following new Clause— ““Statutory overcrowding: reform of overcrowd...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c335 (Link to this contribution) Am I right that the noble Lord is saying that the Government are taking a power that they believe th...

Earl Attlee | 730 c334-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the proposals relate to the proposed order-making power for the Secretary of State to enab...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c335 (Link to this contribution) That is a very interesting response. I have heard the exact opposite from the government Bench on ma...

Earl Attlee | 730 c335 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is wise to make sure that we have the order-making power should we need it. It concentr...

Earl Attlee | 730 c335 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am confident that my department has properly considered those matters. It is obviously a...

Lord Beecham | 730 c335 (Link to this contribution) I remind the Minister of the thrust of the question of the noble Lord, Lord Best—the risk that becau...

Lord Best | 730 c335 (Link to this contribution) In the light of these comments I am delighted to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 75 withdrawn. A...

Lord Best | 730 c334 (Link to this contribution) 75: Clause 167, page 154, line 30, leave out from beginning to end of line 7 on page 155

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c334 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendments 75 and 76. They would ensure that the ombudsman’s serv...

Lord Best | 730 c334 (Link to this contribution) This amendment is about the new powers for the ombudsman to apply to a court to make its rulings leg...

Lord Beecham | 730 c368-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Newcastle is once again united. We are even more united now than we were under the previou...

Lord Shipley | 730 c365-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in moving Amendment 84 I shall also speak to Amendments 86 to 90. These all relate to the ...

Lord Shipley | 730 c365 (Link to this contribution) 84: After Clause 172, insert the following new Clause— ““Leases to which section 11 of the Landlord ...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c365 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for his response. Again, we are not going to agree on this. I am ve...

Earl Attlee | 730 c364-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord described his amendment as simple; experience shows that simple amendments ...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c364 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my amendment is quite simple and seeks to place an obligation on the Homes and Communities...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c364 (Link to this contribution) 83: After Clause 172, insert the following new Clause— ““Homes and Communities Agency: annual report...

Earl Attlee | 730 c363 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, enfranchisement rights are an established and significant right, and removing them must no...

Lord McKenzie of Luton | 730 c362-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Best, for introducing this amendment and for his description ...

Lord Best | 730 c361-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this amendment is about community land trusts and enfranchisement. Community land trusts a...

Earl Attlee | 730 c343 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Best, in moving his amendment suggested that his point was not fully ...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c342-3 (Link to this contribution) The noble Earl was a bit too quick for me. The Opposition gives its full support to the noble Lord, ...

Lord Best | 730 c360-1 (Link to this contribution) 82: After Clause 172, insert the following new Clause— ““Community land trusts and leasehold enfranc...

Lord Best | 730 c343-4 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the noble Earl for that. A meeting will be necessary and I am grateful to him ...

Lord Best | 730 c342 (Link to this contribution) 81: After Clause 172, insert the following new Clause— ““Exclusion of certain rural dwellings from t...

Earl Attlee | 730 c341 (Link to this contribution) 79: Clause 171, page 159, line 34, at end insert— ““(6A) After subsection (2) insert— ““(2A) Subsect...

Earl Attlee | 730 c342 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—

Lord Best | 730 c342 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Amendment 81 is about the exclusion of some rural dwellings from the preserved right to bu...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c341 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Opposition accept that these are minor technical amendments and are happy to support t...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 730 c320 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for his reply. However, I still think that there is an issue here t...

Baroness Hanham | 730 c314 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not think that it denies them the choice. I am happy to look into how the passing fro...

Lord Whitty | 730 c307 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, my name is on Amendment 68, which provides for a dual system. I do not think anyone is arg...

Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town | 730 c299-302 (Link to this contribution) In moving Amendment 52A, I shall speak in favour of amendments in the same group, particularly Amend...

Earl Attlee | 730 c329 (Link to this contribution) 63: Schedule 17, page 384, line 33, at end insert— ““1A In section 122 (restriction on gifts and dis...

Lord Shipley | 730 c371-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendment 92. Amendment 91 would insert a new clause to give power t...

Lord Best | 730 c363-4 (Link to this contribution) I am willing to withdraw the amendment but I am not entirely reassured. The removal of rights implie...

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