Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

My Lords, I draw attention to my amendment, co-signed by the noble Lord, Lord Thurlow—and I am ve...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton, for identifying what I beli...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 426 in my name. I start by declaring an erstwhile interest...

My Lords, I apologise that I have not been in Committee in recent sessions; I had amendments on h...

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee: I should have disclosed before I spoke that I have an int...

My Lords, there is so much that can be said regarding high streets that is very well evidenced, a...

My Lords, I start by addressing Amendments 415, 416 and 417 in the name of the noble Baroness, La...

I apologise to the Minister for interrupting, but before she sits down, can she address this poin...

We are simplifying the issue of the high street. I have listened a number of times to what has be...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate, which covered an important ...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

438A: Before Clause 204, insert the following new ...

My Lords, I am pleased to introduce government Amendments 438A, 440ZA, 440ZC, 440B and 440E, whic...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her clear explanation of the government amendments here. From ...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 440A in my name. This amendment is intended to draw attention...

My Lords, I have a couple of amendments in this group. We have heard that Part 11 sets out a fram...

My Lords, in response to Amendment 439 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, ...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

438B: Before Clause 204, insert the following new ...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

439A: Clause 205, page 239, line 16, leave out “Re...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

440ZA: Clause 207, page 240, line 13, leave out “s...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

440B: Clause 207, page 240, line 24, leave out “se...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

440C: After Clause 207, insert the following new C...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

440D: Clause 208, page 240, line 27, leave out sub...

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Baroness Scott of Bybrook

440F: Clause 209, page 241, leave out lines 11 and...

My Lords, there is an error in Amendment 440H on the Marshalled List. The text being left out of ...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

440H: Clause 209, page 241, line 21, leave out “En...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

448: Clause 211, page 243, line 20, at end inse...

My Lords, during the Covid pandemic, the catering industry suffered huge disruption, and, with th...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage. I congratulate...

My Lords, I support the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, and thank him for the lead he has taken on this ...

My Lords, I have enormous sympathy for the case made by my noble friend Lord Holmes and very much...

My Lords, last week, my esteemed colleague, the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, asked whether I would su...

My Lords, it is always a delight to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb. She did...

My Lords, it is normal to say what a pleasure it is to speak after a previous speaker, but it is ...

I did not say that I loathe smokers—both my parents were smokers. I loathe smoking because of the...

I did say—and I think Hansard will show—that the noble Baroness said she loathed smoking. I was c...

My Lords, I will speak in support of Amendment 459, led by the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham,...

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, raised some of the problems that mean that pavements c...

Before my noble friend gets up to respond to this debate and at the risk of upsetting the mood of...

I do not know whether I dare speak now, but I am going to. I will not dare venture into the issue...

My Lords, this has been a full debate on the numerous issues bearing on pavement licences. I shal...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for, as ever, a thorough response to the issues that have...

My Lords, I rise to argue that Clause 213 should not stand part of the Bill, as it has absolutely...

My Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Hayter, in what she has said. I have put my name to ...

My Lords, it is a privilege to be a co-sponsor of this proposal, so ably introduced by the noble ...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a former chartered surveyor—I was one for some 35 years; I res...

My Lords, I start by thanking my noble friend Lady Hayter for her very detailed and clear explana...

My Lords, I am grateful for the discussions my noble friend Lady Scott and I have had with the no...

My Lords, I regret that my noble friend has done absolutely nothing to reassure me. He said that ...

As I mentioned, the way the clause is phrased should give reassurance to those who feel that ther...

My Lords, that does not answer my question. Could my noble friend answer my question?

I believe I have done so. The clause is justified for all the reasons I have mentioned.

My Lords, I am fascinated by the possibility of using this same mechanism on the chartered accoun...

My Lords, I would simply encourage my noble friend to read my remarks in Hansard. There is no pro...

My Lords, I thank the noble Earls, Lord Caithness and Lord Lytton, the noble Lords, Lord Thurlow ...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

467B: Clause 214, page 246, line 3, leave out “(6)...

My Lords, Amendments 467B and 467C address consequential amendments to the marine licensing cost ...

My Lords, I want to comment on and ask some questions about the amendments in this string that re...

My Lords, it was with concern that I read the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee’s ...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow what I have to say are two very important speeches. Th...

My Lords, following the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, I rise to speak in favour of government Ame...

My Lords, I concur with and support entirely the comments made by my noble friend Lord Stunell an...

My Lords, I start by commenting on the amendments on building safety. I will not repeat the point...

I thank noble Lords for that interesting debate on the government amendments. The noble Lord, Lor...

I ask the Minister to consider the timeline a little more carefully. If the current regulator is ...

No, my Lords, because we are not actually putting anything in place in this Bill. We are giving t...

I am sorry to trespass on the time of the Committee, but can the Minister give a clear understand...

What I can assure the noble Lord of is that, if we do have to go down this route, both Houses of ...

Just send it to me.

It was about giving the HSE some other responsibility.

I asked about resources.

We are not placing further responsibilities on to the Health and Safety Executive. The intention ...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

467C: Clause 214, page 247, line 10, at end insert...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

467D: After Clause 214, insert the following new C...

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

467G: After Clause 214, insert the following new C...

Moved by

Lord Moylan

472: After Clause 214, insert the following new Clause—

“D...

My Lords, Amendment 472 stands in my name. On another occasion, I am sure that this amendment wou...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, for setting out the case for his amendmen...

My Lords, the amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Moylan would require the Secretary of...

My Lords, I was somewhat taken aback by the vehemence of the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Steve...

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

473: After Clause 214, insert the following new Cl...

My Lords in the absence of the noble Lord, Lord Holmes, I shall move this amendment on his behalf...

My Lords, this country used to have many regional mutual banks. One still remains, in name anyway...

My Lords, Amendment 473, tabled by my noble friend Lord Holmes of Richmond, and ably moved by the...

I thank the Minister very much for her response. I suddenly thought that I probably should have d...

We now come to Amendment 476 from Lady Hayman of Ullock. Or perhaps it is the noble Baroness, Lad...

Perhaps the noble Baronesses have the old version of the Marshalled List, which listed Amendment ...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

476: After Clause 214, insert the following new...

I apologise; it is late. Turning to our Amendment 476, I appreciate that many Members of your Lor...

Oh yes we have.

There we go; noble Lords are on my side already. For those of us who get involved in the sharp en...

I cannot resist being able to speak about letterboxes. To be honest, letterbox height is importan...

My Lords, I support everything the noble Baroness just said. From long experience of canvassing a...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 504GG in my name, and note that I am co-chair of the Midland...

My Lords, I shall finish speaking to our amendments in this group, if that is okay; apologies for...

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, is absolutely right about the importance of the amendm...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Ravensdale’s Amendment 504GG, which is practical and put...

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 491 in the name of my noble friend Lady Taylor of Steve...

I hope noble Lords will bear with me because there was some confusion over the position of this g...

My Lords, Amendment 476, proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, looks to give a m...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her full reply. I do not intend to go through all the...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

477: After Clause 214, insert the following new...

My Lords, the hope for this Bill was that it would be a genuine step towards devolution—the kind ...

My Lords, I will add a very brief footnote to the speech we have just heard from the noble Barone...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Young, for reminding us how we got to where ...

My Lords, this amendment, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, seeks to p...

My Lords, I am grateful to noble Lords for participating in the debate and to the Minister for he...

Moved by

Baroness Hayman

478: After Clause 214, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, since it is a long time since I last contributed in this Committee, I start by declarin...

My Lords, I very much support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. My am...

My Lords, I should declare my interest as a director of Peers for the Planet. I shall address the...

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Sheehan. She has made a power...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, for introducing this group of amendments and h...

My Lords, Amendment 478 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, would require new homes a...

I am not convinced that the heat network zoning that the Minister refers to is the same as the gr...

My Lords, I would be very happy to arrange a meeting with the noble Baroness and appropriate offi...

My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for his answer to my amendment. I take much comfort ...

My Lords, it is coming up to the witching hour, so I will not extend this discussion any further....

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

479: After Clause 214, insert the following new Cl...

My Lords, I have the only amendment in this group. I will be brief because it is pretty straightf...

My Lords, I am conscious of the time, the fact that we have now been debating amendments for many...

My noble friend the Minister needs to respond but, while he does so, perhaps the noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill creates the powers for the Government ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for that very helpful response. He has completely taken on board t...