Housing and Planning Bill

My Lords, I am sure that those noble Lords who are participating in the Bill will want to hear th...

I thank the noble Baroness for that mini-filibuster to help me. I raised concerns about vulnerabl...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly in support of the amendments but will also take the opportunity t...

My Lords, as this is my first contribution today, I refer Members to my interests and declare tha...

My Lords, it is not often that I get to say this, and indeed I am stealing my noble friend’s thun...

I thank the Minister for accepting the amendments.

Moved by

Baroness Grender

41: Clause 57, page 26, line 30, leave out “the tenant and ...

Moved by

Baroness Grender

46: Clause 59, page 27, line 30, leave out “or named occupi...

Moved by

Baroness Grender

50: Clause 60, page 28, line 10, at end insert—

““ten...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

51: Clause 62, page 28, line 28, at end insert—

“( ) he S...

My Lords, the amendments in this group relate to the extension of the right to buy to housing ass...

My Lords, I am not an expert on housing but in the previous coalition Government I spent three ye...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for giving way. Am I missing something? Were we not told explicit...

I apologise if that is the case. If almshouses are exempted that is helpful; nevertheless, the is...

My Lords, perhaps I may intervene briefly on these two amendments. I have some sympathy with Amen...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 52, which is in my name and has the support of the noble B...

My Lords, I support Amendment 51. This new, reinvigorated right to buy will certainly help housin...

My Lords, the comments of the noble Lord, Lord Young, confused me. Will the Minister very briefly...

My Lords, I will make a brief point about Amendment 51. The amendment might theoretically look at...

My Lords, I support Amendment 51 and declare my interest as a rural landowner and landlord. Many ...

My Lords, I keenly support Amendment 52, in the name of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of ...

My Lords, I speak to Amendment 52, in the names of the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of St Al...

I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate. I fully understand the desire of the...

I thank the noble Baroness for her comments and for allowing me to intervene. I am still puzzled....

As I have said—and I am afraid I can go no further than what I have said—properties in rural area...

I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken in the debate and to the Minister for her reply....

Moved by

Lord Lisvane

53: Clause 67, page 30, line 5, after “may” insert “by regulati...

My Lords, Clause 67(1) gives power to the Secretary of State to make a determination requiring a ...

My Lords, I will speak very briefly on this issue because it is almost impossible to follow that ...

My Lords, some years ago, I was a member of the Delegated Powers Committee. Determinations are al...

My Lords, the House is indeed fortunate to have such an expert in parliamentary procedure as the ...

My Lords, I, too, have served on the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee for at leas...

My point refers more to what the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, said, although I very much sympathise ...

I am sure my noble friend has noted during our debates that there is an undercurrent of concern a...

My Lords, first, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Lisvane, to his first outing on the Housing and P...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the Minister. With her customary diplomacy and courtesy, she...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

54: Clause 67, page 30, line 9, leave out “hig...

My Lords, many of your Lordships have spoken passionately both here in the Chamber and to me in p...

My Lords, Amendment 61A seeks to leave out Clause 67. However, before I speak to it, I thank the ...

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 54 and the other amendments that would add those two lette...

I had not intended to speak in this debate until the noble Lord, Lord Foster, spoke. The House ou...

I cannot let that remark go unchallenged. The problem of the housing shortage in this country is ...

If my noble friend had let me finish what I had to say he might have found that we rather agreed....

My Lords—

I will give way to the noble Lord but I want to tell him a personal fact. When I was the Secretar...

I do not for a moment disagree that insufficient numbers of houses were built, in particular coun...

I do not think that I was entering into a discussion on how it was spent and where it went—althou...

My Lords, I wonder whether the Minister can help me understand a little more what she proposes wi...

I follow that point with a very brief intervention. Does it mean that a local authority will be t...

My Lords, in making a brief contribution, I remind the House of my interest as chair of the Cambr...

My Lords, before the Minister replies, I would like to be really clear about what is being said—i...

My Lords, I will briefly intervene as a member of the London Councils Leaders’ Committee. I will ...

My Lords, it is good that we all agree that we should build more homes and have more housing. We ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Foster, for explaining why he tabled Amendment 61A. I also...

I would like some clarification on the Minister’s answer about the difference between “higher” an...

I think the noble Baroness will understand, reasonably, that as a Minister I cannot hold the will...

My Lords, before the Minister sits down, may I press her on the letter she issued just before 3 p...

I hope I can reassure the noble Lord. The noble Lord, Lord Kerslake, and I had a discussion about...

Moved by

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

55: Clause 67, page 30, line 11, ...

My Lords, I shall also support Amendment 64A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Kerslake. I real...

My Lords, I first declare my interests as chair of Peabody and president of the Local Government ...

My Lords, I rise to support, briefly, the double-headed Amendment 64A and to comment on the late ...

My Lords, the amendments in this group are concerned with the payments to the Secretary of State ...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lords, Lord Kerslake and Lord Kennedy of Southwark, and the noble Bar...

Before the Minister sits down, just to clarify, the amendment with which she indicates sympathy a...

My Lords, perhaps I may remind your Lordships that we are on Report and interventions of that len...

I apologise if I have performed badly.

In the spirit of the discussion that we are having, I am very happy to seek clarification on the ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing forward the amendment that we have all been asking fo...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

57: Clause 67, page 30, line 22, leave out “hi...

Moved by

Lord Cameron of Dillington

62: Clause 68, page 30, line 31, at end insert—