Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 51 and 52 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor ...

My Lords, as we have heard, this group of amendments is related to consultants and the Government...

Will the Minister clarify something? When he says that the Government fully fund any new burdens,...

It would depend on the circumstances. It would depend on whether the expenditure on consultants w...

I want to ask a specific question, which I think the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, also ...

I am coming to Amendment 52 in a second. It might be helpful if I added a few comments about loca...

My Lords, I have listened to this debate very carefully. The noble Lord, Lord Scriven, talked abo...

It is open for decision. We want to see local areas taking the initiative themselves. Where there...

For clarity, the issue with Mr Whiting, to whom I referred, is that, as the Minister helpfully sa...

My Lords, can he also clarify the geographical area for which he is responsible?

My Lords, I agree that it would be very helpful, because it is a bit confusing at the moment to k...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

60: Clause 7, page 6, line 33, after “whole” in...

My Lords, as we start to examine those parts of the Bill which address local government and devol...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, is quite right to table this amendment to...

My Lords, this group of amendments relates to the area of a combined county authority, the new ty...

I am sorry to interrupt so early in the Minister’s response, but could he define more clearly wha...

If the noble Baroness will bear with me, I shall do my best on that.

Noble Lords will be aw...

Can the Minister explain, then, where the geographies of a county area do not coincide with the g...

I am pleased that the Minister has raised the East Midlands. On the northern tip of the East Midl...

May I add to what my noble colleagues have said? This goes to the heart of this amendment. We str...

Some extremely sensible and logical points have just been made. Perhaps I could address them by p...

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but he keeps talking about complexity. This is complexity o...

I take the noble Lord’s point. The experience we have had with combined authorities is that local...

My Lords, I am pleased we tabled these probing amendments, because they have brought out some of ...

It may be helpful to the noble Baroness if I comment on that specific question. We expect upper t...

I am grateful to the noble Earl for his clarification. It covers one side of the picture with the...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

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