Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill

My Lords, it is a pleasure to debate this important Bill in Grand Committee. I would first like t...

My Lords, far be it from me to delay any part of this important Bill, but I would like to be clea...

My Lords, fools rush in where angels fear to tread—I shall try to speak briefly. I welcome the fa...

My Lords, I also extend our thanks to the Minister for his courtesy, as always, and for picking u...

With apologies to the Minister, I forgot to complete what I was going to ask with respect to gove...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords for those points. I will answer them as best as I can because there...

In the likely event that the Bill becomes law, might there be some way for the department to info...

I thank the noble Lord for that suggestion; I will make sure that we look at it and take it up. A...

Moved by

Baroness Blake of Leeds

2: Clause 7, page 5, line 19, at end insert—

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I am grateful for the contribution that the noble Lord, Lord Fox, has made in this grouping and l...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 3, 5 and 7A in my name, and in support of the other amendme...

My Lords, I shall make a few general comments about this group, which I certainly relate to. The ...

I hope it is order for me to ask if the noble Lord agrees with me that the so-called bully-boy te...

My Lords, the noble Lord asked a pertinent question and the short answer goes back to my earlier ...

Perhaps I may address the group on some general points that have been touched on already. I am co...

Again, I thank noble Lords for their contributions on this group. I thank the noble Baroness, Lad...

I thank the Minister for his answer and accept that position, but I think he would also agree tha...

I thank the noble Lord for that intervention. Of course, in the cases put before the arbitrator, ...

I appreciate that, and I am pleased that there will be more statutory guidance. It seems to me th...

I thank the noble Lord for that intervention. From talking to some of the arbitration bodies, I k...

Just to add a little substance to the Minister’s point about the proportionality of fees, I think...

I thank the noble Lord for that intervention. I understand the point that he is making. Having sa...

Perhaps I may pick up on a couple of points that the Minister made. It appears that he envisages ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earl for his intervention. The best answer I can give is that it has ...

I conclude by thanking the Minister for his very full responses to the concerns raised in this gr...

It may be helpful if I say that I understand the noble Baroness’s point about guidance. It is ver...

I thank the Minister for that intervention. We will look forward with interest to the guidance co...

Moved by

Lord Grimstone of Boscobel

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