Housing and Planning Bill

My Lords, I support Amendments 72, 75 and 78 in this group and in doing so declare my interests a...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 72, 75 and 78, to which I have added my name. I remind the ...

My Lords, this is, I am afraid, an idea that probably looks good in the confines of the Treasury ...

My Lords, I very much welcome these amendments, so ably moved by my noble friend and supported by...

My Lords, this is a very emotive issue. I recall very clearly being quite upset and thinking it v...

My Lords, the amendments in this group seek to make the policy voluntary for local authorities an...

The Minister says “earners”, but, of course, these incomes refer to households—the earners earn m...

The noble Lord is absolutely right; it does represent households. But he asked how the figures we...

Will the noble Baroness clarify one thing? I may be getting confused but I believe that the figur...

My Lords, the noble Lord raises a very relevant question. May I write to him?

I thank the noble Baroness for that response. However, it highlights the fact that we are still n...

Moved by

Lord Best

73: Clause 78, page 34, line 26, at end insert—

“( ) The reg...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 73, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Kerslake, the noble Lord,...

I am trying to understand how Amendment 73 is intended to work. I cannot find a reference in the ...

My Lords, since the Minister has announced this and circulated a number of us with the details, I...

I am grateful to the noble Lord for that explanation, but it does not quite answer the question. ...

That is my position. I would be very happy to withdraw this amendment if the Minister were able t...

My Lords, I support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Best, and I shall refer to the am...

My Lords, I rise to speak to my Amendment 76 and to Amendment 73, which I support. I set out my c...

My Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendment 73 in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Best, Lord ...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the LGA. I want to comment briefly on some...

My Lords, I rise to make a few brief points in support of this group of amendments. First, with r...

My Lords, I support Amendments 73 and 76. I am not au fait with all the technicalities of many of...

My Lords, I shall speak to my Amendments 77A, 77B and 77C to Clauses 82 and 83. These clauses con...

My Lords, the reason for the Government’s proposals on pay to stay was allegedly to reduce the de...

My Lords, I had not intended to say anything on this, but following the most helpful exchange wit...

My Lords, I will, if I may, take this opportunity to reiterate our overall position on this polic...

Before the Minister sits down, I will ask for clarification on two points. She said that anybody ...

Will the Minister confirm, or say that she still does not know, whether the final net money going...

The noble Baroness might find it helpful to watch this afternoon’s proceedings. She put a set of ...

My Lords—

My Lords, the Companion, at paragraph 8.137, sets down the Standing Orders for how we conduct the...

I thank my noble friend, but I was very clear that the noble Lord was asking a question of clarif...

I am grateful to the Minister, and I do not want to prolong our proceedings; we have much to get ...

The noble Lord raises a reasonable point, and it is clear across a number of policy areas that it...

My Lords, I am sorry, but I want to raise a point of clarification. I had understood that the pay...

What I said was not in order to move them to paying a third of their income in rent; it was quite...

My Lords, the Minister said that we might return to Amendment 77ZA at Third Reading. Is that an u...

The point that I was making was that the noble Lord made a valid point and that, if we can reach ...

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who contributed to this debate. The noble Lord, Lord B...

Moved by

Baroness Williams of Trafford

73A: Clause 78, page 34, line 33, at end inser...

Moved by

Lord Kerslake

76: Clause 79, page 35, line 1, at end insert “which will not ...

My Lords, I welcome the debate that we have had on this amendment. I believe, though, that the th...