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Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Wednesday, 24 February 2021, in the House of Lords.
Lords committee stage. Clauses 1 to 4 agreed to. Bill reported without amendment.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

810 cc834-8 

Session

2019-21

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 c841 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, after “day,” insert “...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 c842 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as this is my first contribution today, I draw the attention of the House to my relevan...


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Lord Greaves | 810 cc842-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for his support for my Amendment 9 in this group....

Lord Lucas | 810 cc843-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as I said at Second Reading, I welcome the Bill. That the Government have chosen to enc...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 810 cc844-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have a great deal of sympathy for what the noble Lords, Lord Kennedy of Southwark, Lo...

Baroness Randerson | 810 cc845-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare an interest as a member of an informal campaign group which seeks to improve ...

Baroness Pinnock | 810 cc846-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I draw the Committee’s attention to my interests as listed in the register: as a member...

Lord Greenhalgh | 810 cc847-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for raising the points highlighted by hi...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 cc848-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. Both amendments in this g...

Lord Lexden | 810 c849 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 2. Anyone wishing to press this or anything els...

Lord Greaves | 810 c849 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Greaves

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out “or mainly”

Member...

Lord Greaves | 810 cc849-851 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for his detailed response to my previous amendment. I thought that...

Baroness Pinnock | 810 c850 (Link to this contribution)

My noble friend Lord Greaves has rightly questioned the meaning of “mainly” and its purpose: is i...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 c850 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have nothing really to add: the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, has set out very clearly an...

Lord Greenhalgh | 810 cc850-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am beginning to learn how the House works, and I appreciate the education; I am sure ...

Lord Greaves | 810 c852 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lady Pinnock and the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for the...

Lord Lexden | 810 c854 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 3. Anyone wishing to press this, or anything el...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 c854 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

3: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, after “lavatories” in...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 c854 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 3 in my name seeks to add the words

“which are free of charge for anyon...

Lord Greaves | 810 cc854-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 10 in my name and Amendment 3, proposed by the noble Lord, Lo...

Baroness Pinnock | 810 cc855-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, there are important and relevant issues to explore in Amendments 3 and 10, proposed by ...

Lord Greenhalgh | 810 cc856-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, wanted to know the evidence that this would cause a burde...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 c857 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. We are identifying issues...

Lord Lexden | 810 c857 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 4. Anyone wishing to press this or an...

Lord Lucas | 810 c857 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Lucas

4: Clause 1, page 1, line 7, after “lavatories” insert “of a pres...

Lord Lucas | 810 c858 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I urge the Government to take the opportunity to give the Bill some wording that expand...

Baroness Pinnock | 810 c858 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is not clear to me why the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, believes that it is necessary to—...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 cc858-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendments 4 and 12 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, enable us to debate impo...

Lord Greenhalgh | 810 cc859-860 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord Lucas for his amendments, which would provide the Governme...

Lord Lucas | 810 c860 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend for his obiter dicta on the Government’s general ...

Lord Lexden | 810 c860 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 5. Anyone wishing to press this or the other am...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 c860 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

5: Clause 1, page 1, line 8, after “zero”, insert ...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 cc860-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 5 in my name provides for a relief where there is a public toilet in part of ...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 810 cc861-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the formula proposed by this group of amendments raises an interesting practical questi...

Lord Lucas | 810 cc862-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am attracted to the idea that the noble and learned Lord, Lord Hope of Craighead, has...

Baroness Pinnock | 810 c863 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, these amendments proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, explore the opportunities fo...

Lord Greenhalgh | 810 cc863-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I appreciate the backing that the Committee has given to the measures in the Bill and r...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 c865 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. I was particularly gratef...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 810 c865 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group consisting of Amendment 8. Anyone wishing to press this to a D...

Lord Greaves | 810 c865 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Greaves

8: Clause 1, page 1, line 13, at end insert—

“(8E) Subsec...

Lord Greaves | 810 c866 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the Deputy Chairman really ought not to continue tempting me to call a Division but, ne...

Baroness Pinnock | 810 c866 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, my noble friend Lord Greaves’ Amendment 8 rightly explores the possibility of closed pu...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 c866 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, raises an important point and I ho...

Lord Greenhalgh | 810 cc866-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am happy to give that clarification. I understand the intention of the noble Lord, Lo...

Lord Greaves | 810 c867 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will read carefully the Minister’s reply—and go one more step towards being able to p...

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 810 c867 (Link to this contribution)

Do I take it that the noble Lord wishes to withdraw his amendment?

Lord Greaves | 810 c867 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall | 810 c867 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we now come to the group beginning with Amendment 11. Anyone wishing to press this or a...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 c867 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

11: After Clause 2, insert the following new Claus...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 cc867-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the amendment in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, seeks to inse...

Lord Lucas | 810 c868 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the noble Baroness, Lady Greengross, asked me to speak to Amendment 13 in her name. We ...

Baroness Thomas of Winchester | 810 cc868-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I so agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, just said. I support Amendment 11, but...

Baroness Andrews | 810 cc869-870 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Thomas of Winchester, and to ...

Baroness Randerson | 810 cc870-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, all the amendments in this group are designed to ensure that the Bill is not the end of...

Lord Greaves | 810 cc871-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support these important amendments, and I ask the Government particularly to pay atte...

Baroness Pinnock | 810 c873 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is an important series of amendments. My noble friend Lady Thomas knows, at first ...

Lord Greenhalgh | 810 cc874-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, these amendments would require the Government to carry out an assessment of the impact ...

Lord Kennedy of Southwark | 810 cc875-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in the debate. I agree with the comments made b...

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