Non-Domestic Rating Bill

My Lords, I have two amendments in this group, to which the noble and learned Lord, Lord Etherton...

My Lords, I have Amendment 5 in this group. Its purpose is to probe the expiration date for heat ...

My Lords, at the outset of the debate I remind the Committee that I have relevant interests as a ...

My Lords, I start by welcoming our new Deputy Chairman of Committees on his first outing today. I...

My Lords, I will continue. The 12-month relief will provide a breathing space for the investment ...

The Minister mentioned regulations following Royal Assent and I am happy with that, but could she...

On the regulations, we are consulting at the moment and that will be discussed afterwards. If nob...

It was about the post-legislative review and its framework, in so far as it would apply to the wo...

As far as I know, we do not have a framework yet, but as soon as we have—I assume it will go out ...

My Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, made a compelling argument for a general extension of impr...

Moved by

Baroness Pinnock

7: Clause 5, page 16, line 4, leave out “third” and insert ...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Shipley and I have Amendments 7, 9 and 11 in this group, all of wh...

My Lords, I have four amendments in this group, of which Amendments 8, 10 and 13 relate to the ma...

I take a slightly different position. I support these amendments, but I want to introduce a brief...

My name appears on three of the amendments in this group. I think that the case made by the noble...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for introducing this group with Amendment 7, ...

My Lords, this group of amendments takes us to the heart of the Bill; namely, our commitment to m...

I am delighted about what the Minister has just said. I thank her for that and apologise for maki...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. As she rightly said, this is at the heart of the...

I shall try to pick up from where I left off. I may or may not have heard the Minister aright so ...

The response was three years, because of the reasons that I put forward—but, yes, we have aspirat...

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Thurlow

15: Clause 10, page 19, leave out lines 4 and 5 and insert—

I declare my interest as a former chartered surveyor. I should have done so earlier, and I apolog...

My Lords, I have five amendments in this group. I support the noble Lord, Lord Thurlow, in what h...

My Lords, my name is on Amendments 28, 33 and 34 in this group. I will come to the accreditation ...

My Lords, as we have just heard, I have Amendment 28 in this group. I thank the noble Lord, Lord ...

My Lords, group 3 concerns information sharing between the Valuation Office Agency and ratepayers...

I think that I have listened very carefully but, on the digitisation of business rates, which I s...

I am told that there will be a non-digital availability. I will get all the details for the noble...

I would like to tease out a little more information following the Minister’s response on Amendmen...

I think we made it very clear that the information that can be shared is the information that doe...

I thank the Minister; that would be very helpful.

We will be in touch.

I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this group. I thought that the reference made by t...

Moved by

The Earl of Lytton

22: Clause 13, page 25, line 26, at end insert—

“(3...

My Lords, this is the first of a series of amendments relating to penalties. Amendment 22 tries t...

My Lords, I was making the point that it should be a defence for a business rate payer to say tha...

My Lords, the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, has raised an important group of issues regarding the pena...

I thank the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, for bringing the amendments on penalties forward because a n...

Group 4 consists of Amendments 22 to 26, tabled by the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, and the noble and...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Pinnock and Lady Hayman, for their contributions on ...

No, there are no typographical errors in the Bill. I think the noble Earl asked that question ear...

My Lords, I see a point here, and I shall have to reflect further on what the Minister has said i...

Moved by

The Earl of Lytton

27: Clause 14, page 32, line 21, leave out “2023” and ins...

My Lords, I must admit that this amendment is something of a stalking horse—a bit like asking a P...

My Lords, I think the wise course of action now would be to listen to what the Minister has to sa...

My Lords, I will be very brief. The noble Earl, Lord Lytton, has laid out his concerns very clear...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, and the noble and learned Lord, Lord Ethe...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, for their su...

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

29: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, Amendment 29 was tabled just to probe the possibility of reducing the threshold for sma...

My Lords, Amendments 30, 32 and 35 are in my name—

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My Lords, Amendments 30, 32 and 35 are in my name in this group. They cover two issues. One is re...

That was an impressive introduction. I apologise for bringing this up so late. I was not going to...

My Lords, I support the amendments in this group. At one of my meetings with the Minister and her...

My Lords, my name appears on two of the amendments in this group. Underlying the whole group is a...

My Lords, group 6 covers several amendments probing the Government’s support for high street busi...

I thank noble Lords for the debate we have had on this, and I thank the Minister for her thorough...