Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

My Lords, we have had at least two debates so far on the role of non-metropolitan district counci...

My Lords, I support this amendment and reiterate my perplexity at how the politician loves to kno...

My Lords, I shall briefly respond to the cogent arguments made by the noble Lords, Lord Hunt and ...

My Lords, it has been an interesting debate and I am grateful for noble Lords’ contributions. The...

Would not the noble Lord concede that a large number of functions at the district council level, ...

One part of what the noble Lord says is certainly true, because a lot of local plans are not happ...

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lord Hunt for tabling the amendment. I take this ...

My Lords, Amendment 125A tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, brings us back to a ...

I thank the noble Earl for giving way. I do not accept the principle that the district councils i...

I obviously listened with great care to the noble Baroness when she made her initial intervention...

I apologise for intervening at this late stage, having made no speech, but I would like to ask a ...

My Lords, I think that my best course is to write to my noble friend on both issues. He is perfec...

My Lords, it has been a very interesting debate; I am grateful to noble Lords who have taken part...

Moved by

Lord Scriven

128: Clause 48, page 43, line 18, at end insert–

“(3A) A ...

My Lords, I shall speak to the only amendment in this group, Amendment 128 in my name and signed ...

My Lords, I want to make a brief contribution to this debate, because it goes to the heart of the...

My Lords, I wish to speak briefly to this very good and interesting probing amendment from the no...

My Lords, in the words of the noble Lord, Lord Jackson of Peterborough, we have begun the debate....

My Lords, I rise to add to the political breadth of this debate and to offer Green support for th...

My Lords, I thank my noble friends Lord Scriven and Lord Shipley for raising this important part ...

Why not Hertfordshire, with a population of 1.2 million people? I join the noble Baroness, Lady P...

The noble Baroness is making a very good point, but she will no doubt agree with me that sometime...

I do not disagree that audit is required. We debated that earlier on the Bill. The authorities me...

My Lords, Amendment 128 tabled by the noble Lords, Lord Scriven and Lord Shipley, relates to the ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. It has shown that this is n...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

131: Schedule 4, page 266, line 6, at end insert—<...

Moved by

Baroness Pinnock

157: After Clause 70, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, it is by pure chance that this debate follows so neatly after the one we have just had ...

The noble Baroness, Lady Harris of Richmond, is taking part remotely. I invite her to speak.

I agree with everything that my noble friend Lady Pinnock has just said. I put my name to her ame...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baronesses, Lady Pinnock and Lady Harris of ...

My Lords, I will make a brief contribution because tonight, in East Suffolk Council, where I now ...

My Lords, we have had a short debate and it will be very interesting to see how the Government re...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate, including the nobl...

My Lords, Amendment 157, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, seeks to enable each local a...

Would the Minister acknowledge that that was not giving the public the choice of a proportional r...

But it was about a change in the type of election and there was a very clear result against it. I...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate so that we can explore the i...

Moved by

Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

158: After Clause 70, insert the following ne...

My Lords, I would like to start by paying tribute to the late Baroness Masham, recognising what a...

I shall presume to follow my noble friend and speak to Amendment 310 in my name and that of the n...

My Lords, I support Amendments 158 and 310. Obviously Amendment 310 is more limited so I see it a...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the president of the National Association of Local Councils. I...

My Lords, I have added my name to Amendment 158. I declare an interest as a vice-president of the...

This issue is part of a threesome that we have debated this evening: local democracy; fiscal and ...

My Lords, this has been a really important debate. This is such an important issue, yet it could ...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I remind the Comm...

These amendments do not preclude that, but give an option. Does the noble Earl not think that hav...

I completely appreciate that, but I ask the noble Baroness to hear me out. There are benefits, wh...

Can the Minister explain why your Lordships’ House allows virtual contributions but does not give...

That is one of the considerations we are looking at. The noble Baroness is quite right—she knows ...

My Lords, I am grateful to everyone who has contributed to what has been an excellent debate; the...