Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL]

My Lords, I will contain my remarks largely to the amendments of my noble friend Lord Beecham. Re...

Will the noble Lord give way? I am a former leader of Sheffield City Council and a resident of th...

I have not spoken to the leaders of Chesterfield or Bassetlaw councils but I have spoken to the l...

My Lords, there are advantages and disadvantages when this House considers a Bill in advance of t...

My Lords, for the avoidance of doubt, I should say that, although I am speaking from the Back Ben...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I shall start with the question...

My Lords, I serve on the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee. The Minister will reca...

My Lords, I can but apologise for the fact that the letter has arrived late and I hope noble Lord...

It depends on the legislation, although I do not envisage that the noble Baroness will be in quit...

My Lords, I expect a very quick timescale, given that some devolution deals have already been don...

Perhaps the noble Baroness could say a bit more. Regarding my noble friend’s Amendment 31C, I agr...

My Lords, we are trying to find the fine line here between consensus and councils not being able ...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in its minor and technical Amend...

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Lord Prior of Brampton

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree the Motion on Commons Amendments 45 to 51. I shal...

My Lords, I shall speak in a friendly way towards the Minister on his amendments to the amendment...

My Lords, Warner Brothers established a remarkable reputation in the field of entertainment. It w...

From these Benches, I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Warner, for the success of all his work and...

My Lords, I am sorry I was not here at the beginning of this short debate. I had a meeting with a...

My Lords, I also support the amendments moved by the noble Lord, and I thank him for his explanat...

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Warner, for his very friendly comments—long may the...

That may be partly my fault. My point was not that things might not work out in, for example, the...

My noble friend is spot on, but there is an additional complication because that very same distri...

I am sorry to intervene again, but from what my noble friend just said it occurs to me that it is...

My Lords, life is untidy, unfortunately. It is never clear and you cannot foresee all eventualiti...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

My Lords, in moving the Motion I shall speak against the amendment to the Motion, which will be m...

My Lords, I cannot see the Minister’s noble friend Lady Goldie, who led for her party in the Scot...

My Lords, I think I said that the franchise in Scotland was a matter for the Scottish Government,...

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Lord Shipley

My Lords, back in July, on Report, this House voted by 221 votes to 154—a majority of 67—that 16 ...

My Lords, adolescence is a difficult time for all young people, whether they grow up in loving fa...

The noble Earl mentioned child development experts. Could he name the experts who are saying that...

Certainly. In her final paper on adolescence as a development disturbance, Anna Freud, a pioneer ...

My Lords, briefly, I support what the noble Earl, Lord Listowel, has said. He made some extremely...

My Lords, I want to speak briefly—

My Lords—

I think that my friend here, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, would like to follow me. He might like...

My Lords, while I have every sympathy with the amendment proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley...

Before the noble Lord sits on his hands, is his position on this for the Official Opposition pure...

We have repeatedly supported the idea of votes for 16 and 17 year-olds. I think noble Lords will ...

When it comes to sitting on their hands, few better exponents of that philosophy could be found t...

My Lords, I think I had better quickly break up the fight. When is the right time to have the deb...

My Lords, I am very grateful for the contributions that we have had from a number of Members of t...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

My Lords, in speaking to Commons Amendment 53 I shall also speak to Amendments 77, 85, 86 and 87....

My Lords, I cannot really account for it but somehow Part 5A of the Local Transport Act 2008 has ...

My Lords, first, I thank the Minister for his briefing note, which I received last week, on the p...

My Lords, I also welcome these amendments, and I thank the Minister for the way that he has intro...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords for their contributions.

I want to pick up on the point m...

A particular authority or area might want to belong to two such networks. For example, one can se...

It is dependent on how the STB proposals come back. However, in practice, I cannot see a deterren...

Could the Minister comment on the buses Bill and when we are likely to see it?

I raised the issue of the buses Bill when I was being briefed for this Bill. I know that it has b...

I think new Section 102T deals with the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, about requiri...

As ever, my noble friend is correct.

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Baroness Williams of Trafford

My Lords, this will be my last opportunity to thank all noble Lords who have been involved with t...

My Lords, can my noble friend give an assurance that these new powers, which are no doubt welcome...

My Lords, there has been much speculation about what these powers might mean in respect of fracki...

My Lords, this amendment is welcome and has been warmly supported by the national parks authoriti...

My Lords, I welcome the proposal for the national parks. As with the rest of the Bill, a regular ...

My Lords, National Parks England, which is the umbrella body for the park authorities, is making ...

My Lords, I appear to have failed to notice that we are dealing with the last group of amendments...

I thank the noble Lords, Lord Beecham and Lord Shipley, for their kind words. All three noble Lor...

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Baroness Williams of Trafford