Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

My Lords, my name is attached to Amendment 124 in this group, which relates to Clause 40, “Altern...

I thank my noble friend Lord Shipley and the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, for raisin...

My Lords, this group of amendments relates to some detailed mayoral matters including by-election...

If I heard right, the answer to the question of what would happen if the mayoral position were va...

No, the noble Baroness did not misunderstand. It is important that we wait for those regulations ...

The Minister has mentioned that we should wait for the regulations. It might be helpful in this i...

That is understood. I will take that back and do what I can; I will see what we have already.

I am still a bit confused about this. The Bill says that some mayors taking on police and crime c...

All the powers will go. There will not be half a PCC left. Does that make sense?

Amendment ...

I say to the Minister that the problem applies in urban areas too; it is not specifically a rural...

These decisions, as with many, have to be taken locally because local people will understand bett...

I approached it from the opposite direction: if indeed it should be a matter for local people to ...

It is not a defined list, as I said. There is a list which I assume probably came from consultati...

I thank the Minister for her detailed responses and the other noble Lords who have taken part in ...

I am happy to answer that straight away. That person does not have to be a councillor. The statut...

With that, I withdraw my amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

104: Schedule 2, page 259, line 16, at end insert—...

My Lords, we have tabled a number of consequential, minor and technical amendments for combined c...

I will speak very briefly; I will certainly not debate with the Minister all 35 amendments. I am ...

I am sure that the Minister will be pleased to know that I too will not debate all 35 amendments....

I thank the noble Baroness for her offer; I would prefer to give a written answer to that questio...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

105: Schedule 2, page 259, line 24, leave out “reg...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

121: Schedule 3, page 264, line 27, leave out “and...