Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]

My Lords, there is a good deal of sense in this amendment. Of course, there are areas—my own is o...

My Lords, I am pleased to put my name to this amendment and I thank my noble friend Lord Teverson...

My Lords, I will respond first to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Scriven. I will talk lat...

No one more than me welcomed the ambitious £38 billion investment which has been shown to be over...

I cannot confirm that those local authorities had any inkling—there is no one from Manchester or ...

The purpose of the amendment is not to say that it has not altered. Let me give a practical examp...

I take the noble Lord’s point that if an international investor was reliant upon the fact that th...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. There is a real problem here and it is something th...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

44F: Clause 10, page 10, line 25, at end insert—

“( ) Whe...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 44F very briefly. We had a helpful debate last week about the...

My Lords, Amendments 44H, 44J, 44K and 44L are in my name. They are probing amendments, and in sp...

My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend. I agree with much of what he was saying, es...

I will very quickly say that I fully support everything that the noble Baroness, Lady Royall, sai...

Could I just make clear what I thought I had made clear in my speech? I was not saying that the o...

I understand what the noble Lord says, but the Bill says that when there is disagreement you woul...

My Lords, we have Amendments 44G and 45A in this group, to which I shall speak first. Amendment 4...

My Lords, I will address this issue in relation to combined authorities and take up the points ra...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have all made interesting points this evening. On Amendment 44F...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response to Amendment 44F, and in particular for ...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

45: Clause 10, page 10, line 30, at end insert—

“( ) Befo...

My Lords, I can be brief because the noble Lord, Lord Woolmer, has addressed part of the aim behi...

My Lords, I have to say that I regard this amendment as somewhat unreal. I had the pleasure of wo...

I am sorry to hear that the noble Lord will regret that we concur; we quite often concur. It is n...

I am grateful for the contribution of the noble Lord, Lord Beecham. I will say two things in resp...

Moved by

Baroness Janke

46: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—

“...

My Lords, I draw your attention to this anomaly because it relates to my own city of Bristol. By ...

My Lords, on this occasion, I am happy to support the amendment from the Liberal Democrat Benches...

My Lords, I have listened with interest to the comments of the noble Baroness, Lady Janke, and th...

What particular knowledge does Parliament have about the condition of Bristol? Whence does it der...

The point that I was making was that Parliament had created this situation so it would be for Par...

I thank the Minister for her response. I am clear that Parliament cannot bind itself to future le...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

46A: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—

“I...

My Lords, the amendment aims to help drive forward positive progress on devolution within England...

My Lords, this is an enabling Bill to put in place the primary legislative framework for the devo...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response. We will look carefully at what she has ...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

47: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—

“Go...

Amendment 47 takes us to the heart of an issue that we have talked a great deal about over the th...

My Lords, I am delighted to support my noble friend. In recent years, Parliament has been prepare...

Would the noble Lord like to comment on the situation in the Greater Manchester Combined Authorit...

Whether or not they are the origin of the Bill that is before us, I think the noble Lord will rec...

My Lords, is that not the privilege of the local electorate? If they choose to return a particula...

My Lords, that is nonsense. The noble Baroness should simply look at what has happened in Scotlan...

My Lords, I declare that I am an elected member of Lewisham Council in south London. This has bee...

My Lords, we debated this previously in earlier debates. Amendment 47 would amend the Representat...

My Lords, I listened to the very brief response from the Minister. This will be an issue that we ...

Moved by

Lord Tyler

48: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause—

“Gove...

My Lords, this House will do itself a real disservice if it is not prepared to look at the exampl...

My Lords, this proposed new clause to be inserted after Clause 10 gives effect to the policy of m...

I add two facts for ministerial consideration. One fact that really struck me about the Scottish ...

My Lords, there is no doubt that the Scottish referendum and debate was unique, certainly in my l...

My Lords, I am pleased about the Minister’s final remarks, because I think the drop is catastroph...

My Lords, this late at night I am grateful for any crumbs that fall from ministerial tables. I su...

Moved by

Lord McKenzie of Luton

48A: After Clause 10, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, this issue was brought before us by London Councils—I am grateful for its briefing. Thi...

My Lords, I added my name to this amendment but, sadly, too late to get it printed on the Marshal...

My Lords, I am very happy to use this probing amendment to set out how I see the position in rela...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Tope, for his support for this amendment and to t...

My Lords, as far as I am aware, it does not. I draw noble Lords’ attention to the manifesto commi...

I am grateful for that and think that I am reassured by it. I think that it needs a quieter readi...

My Lords, before amendments are withdrawn et cetera, I can confirm that, and have actually alread...

On that basis, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.