Local Government Finance Bill

My Lords, I thank the Minister also, not only for the full and careful way in which she explained...

My Lords, about 25 years ago I stood before your Lordships and spoke for the first time on a loca...

My Lords, I hope that my noble friend on the Front Bench will listen carefully to what the noble ...

My Lords, I declare my interests: I am leader of Wigan Council and chairman of the Greater Manche...

My Lords, I must also declare my interest as a serving councillor in the London Borough of Barnet...

My Lords, I do not usually speak in local government finance debates, and I feel slightly as if I...

My Lords, I declare my interest as president of the Local Government Association and I express my...

My Lords, I declare an interest as leader of a London borough council, though not the one who ser...

My Lords, although I do not claim to be knowledgeable about local government finance, I think tha...

My Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association.

I ...

My Lords, I declare my interest as an elected councillor on Bradford Metropolitan District Counci...

My Lords, like almost everyone else, I had better declare that I am a vice-president of the LGA; ...

My Lords, as a committed devolutionist, I have every sympathy with the objective of giving local ...

My Lords, it is always a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. I rise to speak not as a...

My Lords, like other noble Lords I have to declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local G...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who took part in the debate. As I expected at the outset, it co...

Can the Minister confirm whether the implementation in October 2013 is in respect of all new clai...

There is a nod from the Box. I shall have to let the noble Lord know. I said the scheme would be ...

I think the Minister is trying to avoid dealing with the issue that I was trying to raise. I do n...

We will come back to that issue in Committee, I have no doubt. My noble friend Lord Attlee and I ...