Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Wednesday, 25 January 2023
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My Lords, I beg to move.
My Lords, before we begin Report, I want to make some points to draw the House’s attention to our...
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My Lords, I fully endorse the sentiment expressed by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock. I...
My Lords, I acknowledge that the Government have proposed a number of changes to this Bill ahead ...
Moved by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
1: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, after “Parliament” in...
My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group, all regarding the funding for the levellin...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that introduction. It is my job to speak to Amendment 11 in...
I will add one sentence in support of the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. It is cr...
My Lords, I will speak briefly to the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley. I have worked...
My Lords, I remind the House of my relevant interests: I am a councillor on Kirklees Council in W...
My Lords, Amendments 1, 17, 304 and 305 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock,...
My Lords, before the Minister sits down: I have listened carefully to what she has said, and I th...
The disadvantage is that we are already doing it, so we would not want to duplicate it. We have l...
Prompted by the noble Lord’s intervention, I do not think that Amendment 1 is consistent with the...
My Lords, before the Minister sits down, I thank her for what she said about the Isles of Scilly ...
I think the House prefers not to have any amendments at Third Reading.
My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this brief debate, and the Minister for her, as ...
Moved by
Lord Lansley
2: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert—
“(1A) A Minis...
My Lords, in this group Amendment 2 in my name returns to an issue that we debated in Committee. ...
My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 6 in my name, but first, I point out that the noble Lord, ...
My Lords, I support the other amendments in this group, but I am particularly grateful to my nobl...
My Lords, I declare my rural interests as set out in the register. It gives me great pleasure to ...
My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in the debate on these amendments. In doing so, I declare...
My Lords, I have one amendment in this group, Amendment 12. It asks for an evaluation of progress...
My Lords, I rise to support a number of amendments in this group. I absolutely endorse the commen...
My Lords, Amendment 2, in the name of my noble friend Lord Lansley, would require a Minister to w...
Before the Minister sits down, perhaps she might explain a little further about the Levelling Up ...
My Lords, I am not aware that the advisory council is publishing papers, because it is advisory t...
To save the House time later, I remind the Minister that rural-proofing is not about giving a lis...
My Lords, a number of proofings have been done on the Bill. I will ask for those and make sure th...
Before the Minister sits down, if the policies have been rural-proofed, what happened to the metr...
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken to this group on a range of issues. We...
I have an update for the House: I have been advised that the independent advisory board has a pub...
Moved by
Baroness Lister of Burtersett
4: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert—
My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 4, which is supported by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop...
I declare an interest in that I am vice-president of Marie Curie and co-chair of the Bevan Commis...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, for tabling this amendment, to which my name i...
My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 4, to which I have put my name and which I thank the noble Ba...
My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and thank her f...
My Lords, this group of amendments seeks to persuade the Government to be more specific about the...
My Lords, I draw attention to my interests, as I am still a serving councillor in both Stevenage ...
My Lords, Amendment 4 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett, would require...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. They have strengthened the argument very much ...
Moved by
Lord Shipley
6: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert—
“(2A) A state...
My Lords, I listened carefully to the Minister’s reply on my amendment, in which she said that th...
Moved by
Baroness Finlay of Llandaff
7: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert—
<...My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response, but I have to say that, without health,...
Moved by
Earl Howe
9: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
“Stateme...
My Lords, in moving this amendment, I will speak also to Amendments 13, 15, 16, 21 and 23. The Go...
My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s statement and will say how grateful I am, and I am sure that p...
My Lords, I offer my support for these amendments from a Scottish perspective and for very much t...
It is a privilege to follow the two noble and learned Lords who have just spoken and to see their...
My Lords, we on these Benches welcome this group of government amendments, which are in response ...
I remind the House that I am the leader of the London Borough of Bexley and therefore have associ...
My Lords, I just want to say that we also welcome these amendments and that I support everything ...
My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble and learned Lords, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd and Lor...
Moved by
Lord Foster of Bath
10: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—
...My Lords, I am enormously grateful to the Minister for promising to go and look for evidence that...
Moved by
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
13: Clause 2, page 3, line 19, at end insert—
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook
15: Clause 4, page 4, line 19, at end insert—
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook
16: Clause 5, page 5, line 5, at end insert—
Moved by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
17: After Clause 5, insert the following new Claus...
Moved by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
18: After Clause 5, insert the following new Claus...
My Lords, this is a short group with just my Amendment 18 in it. I have laid this amendment to pr...
My Lords, Amendment 18 is a new probing amendment, because we all assumed that, if the Government...
Amendment 18 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, relates to officials publi...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for her comments in this debate and the Minis...
Moved by
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
19: After Clause 5, insert the following new Cl...
My Lords, this group of amendments in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Hayman goes to the...
My Lords, this group of amendments from the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayman of Ullock and Lady Tayl...
My Lords, I am really pleased to address the important issue of the cost of living, dealt with in...
I am very grateful to the Minister for her answers. Once again, she gave the figures for the supp...
Moved by
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
21: Clause 6, page 6, line 12, at end insert—
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Baroness Scott of Bybrook
23: Clause 6, page 6, line 14, at end insert—
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Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
24: Clause 6, page 6, after line 22 insert—
...My Lords, Amendment 24 in my name asks the Government to define by regulation exactly what they m...
My Lords, increasingly I think that we need a clear definition of levelling up, partly because wh...
My Lords, Amendment 24, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, asks the Gov...
My Lords, once again, I am grateful to the noble Earl for his response, and I thank the noble Bar...
Moved by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
25: Clause 7, page 7, line 7, at end insert—
My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group, as do other noble Lords. I shall talk your...
My Lords, as my noble friend said, I have two amendments. Amendment 52
“would prevent the S...
My Lords, I have learned a lot in the last 10 minutes. I did not know all of that detail.
Well, I just hope the Minister might be able to put our minds at rest. The word “gerrymandering” ...
My Lords, perhaps Mr Street could be called the Governor-General?
Governor-General of the West Midlands—there, my Lords, is a thought. We are now starting to laugh...
My Lords, Amendments 25, 27, 35 and 53, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, rega...
I want to ask for clarification. The test is to carry out a consultation. When the Secretary of S...
It is more complex than that. It is not a referendum but a consultation. Therefore, there will be...
My Lords, I will not delay the House for long but, with the greatest respect, this was a twinkle ...
We are finishing at the end of this group.
Sorry, I know that, but we are going to have further debates on this because the amendments have ...
May I answer the noble Lord first? I am not talking about the West Midlands or Warwickshire; I am...
I thank the Minister for giving way. Do the Government have any limit for the expansion of mayora...
My Lords, as we have said before, there are clear regulations that the Secretary of State will lo...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response to quite a charged debate. I thought I was quite ...