Fire Safety Bill

My Lords, I will speak in favour of the amendment in the name of my noble friend, Lord Bourne of ...

My Lords, I strongly support these amendments and the requirement for a regular mandatory check o...

My Lords, first, I remind the Committee that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Associ...

My Lords, I, too, declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. We...

My Lords, this important Bill commands extensive cross-party support. The amendment, with leaders...

My Lords, I want to speak against this amendment. I remind the House of my interest as a vice-pre...

My Lords, I remind the House of my interests, as recorded in the register, as a councillor in Kir...

My Lords, I draw the attention of the House to my relevant registered interests as a vice-preside...

My Lords, I would say first that we do need to look at the effective Berlin Wall between social h...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in the discussion of these two amendments...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 2. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Moved by

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

2: Clause 2, page 2, line 7, at end insert—

“( ...

My Lords, I am sorry that I was not able to speak at Second Reading. However, I am glad to rise t...

My Lords, I am grateful for these probing amendments in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Nevi...

My Lords, I apologise for not being in the Chamber when my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe opened...

My Lords, I am keen to ensure, as many noble Lords will be, that the recommendations of the Grenf...

My Lords, Amendments 2, 20 and 21, all in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, hav...

I thank my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe for raising these important issues and facilitating th...

I have received a request from the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, to speak after the Mini...

My Lords, warranties, guarantees and insurance should, in many cases, be the way forward in resol...

I thank the noble Lord for his further point. I hope I can reassure him that my noble friend the ...

My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this debate, and I am especiall...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 3. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Moved by

Lord Stunell

3: Clause 2, page 2, line 10, leave out subsection (5) and inse...

[Inaudible.]

I think that the noble Lord might need to unmute or increase the volume, or perhaps position hims...

Perhaps the noble Lord can tell me whether the situation has improved. Is he able to hear me?

Yes.

My Lords, Amendment 3 is in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Pinnock. The Bill was of cou...

My Lords, I declare an interest as chair of the National Housing Federation, the representative b...

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Stunell has made a characteristically well argued and factually de...

My Lords, I very much support Amendment 3, proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Stunell. My own amend...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stunell, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for their amendment o...

My Lords, I have received no requests to speak after the Minister, so I call the noble Lord, Lord...

My Lords, I thank all those who have participated in the debate for their support for the general...

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 5. I remind noble Lords that anyone w...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

5: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, we come to a substantial group containing Amendments 5, 6, 7 and 9 in my name, and Amen...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 15, 16 and 17, variously in the names of myself and my nobl...

My Lords, I have added my name to most of the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lord Kenn...

My Lords, I strongly support all the amendments in this group because they would help improve sta...

My Lords, I wish to speak against Amendment 17. The purpose of this clause is to prevent freehold...

We can see the noble Lord, Lord Bhatia, but unfortunately we cannot hear him. I am going to call ...

My Lords, I look forward to the Minister’s response to these amendments, which all seek to add de...

First, I draw attention to my commercial and residential property interests as set out in the reg...

I have had a request to speak from the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe.

My Lords, I do not disagree that the amendment should be withdrawn. The noble Lord, Lord Shipley,...

I thank my noble friend for making those points and representing the deep issues faced by consume...

My Lords, it was good to hear the opening remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Greenhalgh, in respondi...

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 8. I remind noble Lords that anyone wishing to ...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

8: After Clause 2, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, Amendment 8 in my name seeks to clarify the definition of a “responsible person” to ens...

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for introducing this group of amendments. I have liste...

I call the noble Lord, Lord Stunell. He is not responding, so we will come back to him. I call th...

My Lords, I have added my name to the amendment tabled in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Kenned...

My Lords, I apologise that I could not participate at Second Reading. I had wanted to raise carbo...

My Lords, I am going to try to call the noble Lord, Lord Stunell, again.

5.30 pm

I am here. I apologise for not joining the Committee earlier but we had some kind of IT glitch.