Building Safety Bill

My Lords, this group should not detain us too long, for three reasons. First, the group has only ...

I support the noble Lord in his Amendment 45. He has described the issue very well—and given his ...

My Lords, this is such an eminently sensible amendment, in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Best...

My Lords, I rise briefly to speak to Amendment 45, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Best, and ...

My Lords, first, I will answer the noble Lord, Lord Khan. He brings up an important issue and I h...

A meeting would certainly be helpful. We also need to see this famous guidance. We know from othe...

We absolutely understand the issue We are working on it. As I said, if we have a meeting, maybe w...

Those final comments were the ones that I hoped to hear: that, with a bit of discussion, we may b...

My Lords, this series of stand part amendments relates to Clauses 80 to 84 and would delete the b...

My Lords, I think we are all reassembled. We were listening to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Bu...

I know that noble Lords have been waiting with bated breath.

The key question is why buildi...

I support the very interesting comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Fox—most interestingly, it is...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, for raising this issue about the ne...

I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Khan of Burnley, will not mind if I ask for clarification on a r...

My Lords, I want to say how much we agree with what the noble Baroness, Lady Fox, said about the ...

My Lords, I start by going back to where the Bill came from, the tragedy of Grenfell Tower. The p...

I thank the Minister for responding. I wonder whether she could explain something. I am still con...

Perhaps I should combine my question so that the Minister will not have to stand up twice. Saying...

I find it quite simple really, but then I am a simple person. The accountable officer is the acco...

Moved by

Lord Blencathra

46: Clause 93, page 102, line 8, at end insert “after consul...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a leaseholder in a block of flats near here that has some reme...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 50A in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Blencath...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 52A to 52C, 54A, 54B, 55B and 55C, which relate to Clauses ...

My Lords, I can see that my noble friend is about to rise, but there is a crescendo in this group...

My Lords, the instructions on the sheet of paper in front of me are not “crescendo” but “diminuen...

My Lords, I will try to be brief here. This is an extremely valuable group of amendments, and I e...

The noble Earl, Lord Lytton, is a great expert on landlord/tenant matters. I agree with him that ...

My Lords, this group covers three big issues—residents’ engagement strategy, access to properties...

My Lords, I am pleased to contribute to this debate. We certainly have many important issues boun...

Does the noble Lord think this construction product schedule includes such things as wood? The th...

The noble Baroness is certainly right that there are materials that have been used in one way, sa...

My Lords, I will speak to a number of amendments in this group. It has been a fascinating and exh...

No, I do not.

Sometimes they are wise men and women. I hope that the Minister can take forward their wise sugge...

Before the Minister stands up, perhaps I can make two points. This is a large group of quite dive...

My Lords, I rise to say how amazed I am by how young the noble Lord, Lord Khan, is. I thought I w...

1979.

My maths is not that bad, but that is impressive.

I will start with the noble Lord, Lord St...

My Lords, I was caught mid-sentence so I will go back to the beginning of that particular sentenc...

Are the Government planning to produce an impact assessment on the new measures? My amendment was...

I am sorry; with the sheer length of the debate, we are now approaching the two-hour mark, so I h...

My Lords, we have spent two hours on this group of amendments. It is probably the second-most imp...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

56: Schedule 8, page 197, line 7, at end insert—