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Localism Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 7 June 2011, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Hanham. The answering member was Lord McKenzie of Luton.
Localism Bill. Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

728 c147-254 

Session

2010-12

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
Localism Bill. Brought from the Commons. In two volumes. Explanatory Notes HL Bill 71-EN also published.
Thursday, 19 May 2011
Bills
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2011-1056
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Deposited Paper DEP2011-1055
Thursday, 23 June 2011
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Hanham | 728 c148-51 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Localism Bill marks a turning point. For generations, different Governments have conce...
Baroness Hanham | 728 c147 (Link to this contribution) That the Bill be read a second time.

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Lord Adebowale | 728 c167-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should declare an interest as chief executive of Turning Point, an organisation that pro...
Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 728 c165-7 (Link to this contribution) In every speech on local government I have made in your Lordships' House in the 11 years that I have...
Lord Patel of Bradford | 728 c162-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the short time available I will focus my comments on two areas of the Bill that will ha...
Baroness Eaton | 728 c160-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I declare an interest as chairman of the Local Government Association. That is a gr...
Bishop of Norwich | 728 c158-60 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I begin by saying that a family bereavement this morning means that if the House sits much...
Lord Best | 728 c157-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare my local government interests as president of the Local Government Association a...
Lord Tope | 728 c155-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, like the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, begin by congratulating the noble Baroness Lady Hanh...
Lord Beecham | 728 c151-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the Minister on the customary skill and charm with which she has introduced...
Baroness Valentine | 728 c195-7 (Link to this contribution) I declare an interest as chief executive of London First, a not for profit business membership organ...
Lord Marlesford | 728 c197-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the Government on bringing in a Bill to spread localism and must say how ch...
Viscount Simon | 728 c199-202 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, has spoken a lot about all kinds of things with which I t...
Lord Palmer of Childs Hill | 728 c202-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, first, I declare an interest as a councillor in the London Borough of Barnet for 25 years ...
Lord Ouseley | 728 c204-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I looked forward to the arrival of this Bill. It is clearly based on good intentions, some...
Lord Reay | 728 c206-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most concerned with the planning aspects of this Bill and I declare an interest as a ...
Baroness Smith of Basildon | 728 c187-90 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I agree with the Minister when she introduced the debate by saying that this was an import...
Lord Jenkin of Roding | 728 c190-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare my interest as a joint president of London Councils and a vice-president of the ...
Baroness Parminter | 728 c194-5 (Link to this contribution) As a former West Sussex district councillor and a former chief executive of the Campaign to Protect ...
Lord Wigley | 728 c179-81 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, what a horrible title this is for a Bill, which is essentially about community—a much warm...
Earl Cathcart | 728 c181-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am a landowner and a landlord, and have been a local councillor for several years. I cer...
Baroness Bakewell | 728 c176-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare a peculiar interest which is that I do not have any interests to declare; I am s...
Lord Shipley | 728 c177-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, on defining for us what localism means. ...
Lord Cameron of Dillington | 728 c185-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must first declare an interest as a landowner and farmer and as chairman of the Charitie...
Lord Filkin | 728 c182-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I shall speak on just Part 5 of the Bill, which, although it was not referred to by the Mi...
Baroness Doocey | 728 c184-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I must declare an interest as a member of the London Assembly. I have also previously serv...
Bishop of Derby | 728 c172-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like many in the House, I warmly welcome this Localism Bill and the desire to empower comm...
Lord Wei | 728 c174-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I start by declaring an interest as a voluntary adviser to the Community Foundation Networ...
Baroness Andrews | 728 c170-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I was quite tempted to address many different aspects of this Bill which have a curious fa...
Baroness Thornton | 728 c236-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, since the Government have completely failed to provide me with a health Bill this summer, ...
Lord True | 728 c238-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as leader of a London borough that, under successive management, has...
Lord Boateng | 728 c240-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, localism has many friends on all sides of this House. I suspect that, as we consider the B...
Baroness Hamwee | 728 c243-5 (Link to this contribution) I should declare an interest as joint president of London Councils, vice-president and past presiden...
Baroness Whitaker | 728 c226-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hope that the Minister will not think me churlish if, in the interests of time, I focus ...
Lord Greaves | 728 c228-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of Pendle Borough Council. In view of the contents of th...
Lord Mawson | 728 c231-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Government on bringing this Bill...
Baroness Greengross | 728 c223-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. Any Bill wh...
Lord Lucas | 728 c225-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not doubt for a moment that my noble friend will do exactly that. I look forward to a...
Lord Teverson | 728 c222-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I decided to take part in this debate as I wanted to congratulate the Government on the cl...
Earl of Caithness | 728 c219-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is a pleasure to welcome the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, back into the Chamber. He is a fe...
Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe | 728 c220-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I share many of the concerns about the Bill that have been expressed across the House duri...
Lord Redesdale | 728 c216-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that was a very brief and extremely erudite speech. I will be equally brief, which will mo...
Earl of Lytton | 728 c217-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in addressing the House for the first time in nearly a dozen years, I first express my app...
Lord Gardiner of Kimble | 728 c213-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, a Bill that seeks to provide new freedoms and flexibilities for local government and new r...
Lord Stevenson of Balmacara | 728 c215-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to focus on the concerns raised earlier by my noble friend Lady Andrews and other n...
Baroness Kramer | 728 c209-11 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in this debate, if I may, I shall speak with something of a London perspective. It is Lond...
Baroness Young of Old Scone | 728 c211-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds...
Lord Boyd of Duncansby | 728 c208-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare an interest as a Scottish solicitor but registered to practise in England and Wa...
Baroness Hanham | 728 c250-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when I woke up this morning, I thought to myself, ““I am going to have seven hours or so o...
Lord McKenzie of Luton | 728 c246-50 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hanham, for the manner in which she introduced the Bill a...
Lord Walpole | 728 c245-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I declare my interest as a rural landowner, with various houses and workshops and things. ...
Lord Berkeley | 728 c192-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a very interesting Bill, as the noble Lord has said. I wonder how much it really h...
Lord Black of Brentwood | 728 c233-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I warmly welcome the Bill. I have some specific points to raise on certain aspects of it, ...

Legislation

Localism Bill 2010-12
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