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Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Lords committee stage fourth day. Clauses 8 to 25 agreed to. Schedule 1 agreed to. (Part 1 of 2.)

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828 cc1095-1157 

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2022-23

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Committee stage

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Deposited Paper DEP2023-0310
Thursday, 30 March 2023
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House of Lords

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Lord Foster of Bath | 828 c1096 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Foster of Bath

70: Clause 8, page 8, line 18, at end insert “but no mor...

Lord Foster of Bath | 828 cc1096-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving Amendment 70 I am extremely conscious that it is a probing amendment to look ...


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Baroness Scott of Needham Market | 828 c1097 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 81, which is the first of a number of amendments I have ta...

Lord Mann | 828 c1098 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to support Amendment 70, which was eloquently articulated by the noble Lord, Lord Foster, ...

Earl of Lytton | 828 cc1098-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support Amendment 81, spoken to so eloquently by the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Ne...

Lord Shipley | 828 cc1099-1100 (Link to this contribution)

I rise to speak to Amendments 155 and 156 in my name. These are probing amendments because I thin...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 828 cc1100-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we have a couple of amendments in this group, one in my name and one in the name of my ...

Baroness Pinnock | 828 cc1101-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a very important group of amendments, which probes and challenges the membershi...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 828 c1104 (Link to this contribution)

Does the noble Baroness agree that one of the other concerns is that such members cannot then be ...

Baroness Pinnock | 828 c1104 (Link to this contribution)

That is my fundamental principle. Anyone who makes decisions about public money has to be voted f...

Earl Howe | 828 cc1104-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as noble Lords have explained, this group of amendments considers various aspects of th...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 828 c1106 (Link to this contribution)

I am finding some of this slightly confusing, so I wonder whether the noble Earl could clarify so...

Earl Howe | 828 cc1106-7 (Link to this contribution)

It may be helpful if I cover the issue of district councils in a moment when I come to Amendments...

Lord Shipley | 828 c1107 (Link to this contribution)

The Minister has given one example of a constituent council—a council outside the area of the CCA...

Earl Howe | 828 c1108 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the noble Lord, and I am sure that we can cover those issues in more depth at th...

Lord Bach | 828 c1108 (Link to this contribution)

What could the value be in an outsider—someone who is not elected as part of the authority—having...

Earl Howe | 828 c1108 (Link to this contribution)

I gave one example, which was a district council that might have particular interests; another mi...

Lord Foster of Bath | 828 cc1108-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the whole House is inordinately grateful to the noble Earl the Minister for genuinely l...

Lord Shipley | 828 c1109 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Shipley

77: Schedule 1, page 253, line 18, at end insert—

“(d) to...

Lord Shipley | 828 cc1110-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendments 79, 82, 83, and 84. All these amendments relate to aud...

Lord Carrington | 828 c1111 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my interest in farming as set out in the register.

I rise to speak on A...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 828 cc1111-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests in the register. I am a serving district and county co...

Baroness Pinnock | 828 cc1114-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I remind the House of my interest as a member of Kirklees Council and one who has serve...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 cc1115-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, the amendments in this group relate to scrutiny of combined county authorities. I think...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 828 c1116 (Link to this contribution)

I hope the Minister will excuse me. I find that response about the sharing of best practice a lit...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 c1116 (Link to this contribution)

For a start, they will still be members of the Local Government Association, I assume, as will th...

Lord Shipley | 828 c1119 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for her reply. I think the issues raised across the Committee on this group ...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 828 c1119 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

87: Clause 14, page 12, line 5, at end insert—<...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 828 cc1119-1121 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, with the current local authority funding gap running at over £7 billion a year and much...

Lord Shipley | 828 c1121 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I think that these are three very important amendments, and my name appears on Amendmen...

Lord Stunell | 828 cc1122-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I apologise for not being present on the first group that the Committee discussed today...

Earl Howe | 828 cc1123-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments relates to the budgets and funding of combined county authorit...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 828 c1124 (Link to this contribution)

I think I said when I moved the amendment that our contention was that local government, includin...

Earl Howe | 828 cc1124-5 (Link to this contribution)

In broad terms, yes. But if I can elaborate on that, I will certainly write to the noble Baroness...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 828 cc1125-6 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful for the responses from the Minister. As was said earlier in the debate, we kno...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 828 cc1126-7 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

89: After Clause 16, insert the following new Claus...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 828 cc1127-1130 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group, which ranges very far and wide; at points,...

Baroness Randerson | 828 cc1129-1131 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 91 to which I have added my name, and to Amendment 469 in the...

Lord Bach | 828 cc1131-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I start by congratulating the clerks who made up this group—it is an astonishing achiev...

Lord Scriven | 828 cc1133-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise very briefly to support the probing Amendments 89 and 90, in the name of the nob...

Lord Shipley | 828 c1134 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, very briefly, because time presses, my name is attached to the stand part debates on Cl...

Baroness Pinnock | 828 cc1134-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is another really important group of amendments to do with the extent of devolutio...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 828 cc1136-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as others have said, this has certainly been a mixed bag of amendments, but clearly the...

Lord Stunell | 828 c1139 (Link to this contribution)

Has the noble Baroness given any consideration to one of the provisions here about the statement ...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 828 c1139 (Link to this contribution)

Absolutely; the noble Lord is completely correct. I was trying to get across that there should be...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 cc1139-1142 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments covers a number of matters relating to combined county authori...

Lord Bach | 828 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

I am sorry to interrupt the Minister. I thank her for what she has said so far, but I want to ask...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, that is because, as I said, the role of the PCC does not impinge on the roles of the co...

Lord Bach | 828 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

Each district council has to have a community safety committee, which is made up of district coun...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

I did not say it has nothing to do with the districts or the county—

Baroness Pinnock | 828 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

I apologise to the Minister. I just thought I would add to the questions now and not interrupt fu...

Baroness Randerson | 828 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

In the interests of making life easier for the noble Baroness, perhaps I could add my question. W...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 c1142 (Link to this contribution)

I did not say that the councils do not have any concerns or interest in the role of the PCC. Of c...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 828 c1143 (Link to this contribution)

I do not know where that information has come from about councils not delivering community safety...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 cc1143-4 (Link to this contribution)

I think we are going to disagree on this, and there is a fine line. I also want to answer the que...

Baroness Pinnock | 828 c1144 (Link to this contribution)

I am struggling with this logic. The combined authority mayor can appoint a deputy to be responsi...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 c1144 (Link to this contribution)

That is not the logic. It is an opportunity for the directly elected mayor to be able to join up ...

Lord Scriven | 828 c1144 (Link to this contribution)

Do the Government therefore suggest that, at a local level, a council leader could appoint their ...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 c1144 (Link to this contribution)

That is not the logic. It takes the whole issue too far. Cabinet members will come from the elect...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 828 c1144 (Link to this contribution)

The one thing that this has not answered is the issue of the politics, looking at the West Midlan...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 cc1144-5 (Link to this contribution)

No, I do not think so. I will make it very clear: these amendments are nothing to do with the Wes...

Baroness Pinnock | 828 c1145 (Link to this contribution)

Following the Minister’s earlier remarks about the mayor being able to appoint a deputy to be res...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 c1145 (Link to this contribution)

I do not know about buses, but I imagine that there may be the ability for a mayor to appoint som...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 828 c1145 (Link to this contribution)

I have a question on the issue of buses. We have seen millions of bus miles removed from the syst...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 828 c1145 (Link to this contribution)

This is the responsibility of the Department for Transport. I will be in touch with the relevant ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 828 cc1145-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been an interesting debate. The Minister made an interesting comment at the en...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 828 c1146 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

92: Clause 19, page 16, line 11, at end insert—

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 828 cc1147-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group, all to do with transport. I am sure noble ...

Lord Berkeley | 828 cc1149-1150 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend on her comprehensive introduction in moving this amendme...

Baroness Randerson | 828 cc1150-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have put my name to Amendments 92 and 98 but, in truth, I could have put it to every ...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 828 cc1151-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I offer Green support for the direction of travel of this whole group of amendments. I ...

Lord Stunell | 828 cc1152-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this has been rather a depressing afternoon. We have had a long debate about where mone...

Earl Howe | 828 cc1153-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments relates, as we have heard, to transport functions and associat...

Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle | 828 c1155 (Link to this contribution)

I am wondering how this fits in with local government reporting, in the context of Britain’s lega...

Earl Howe | 828 cc1155-6 (Link to this contribution)

If the noble Baroness will allow me, I will write to her on that, because I do not have an answer...

Lord Berkeley | 828 c1156 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the Minister for what he said about roads and railways, and the control and lead...

Earl Howe | 828 c1156 (Link to this contribution)

Well, I note the noble Lord’s scepticism, which is long-standing, and can only say that I will re...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 828 c1156 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will be brief as I think everyone is looking forward to the dinner break. I thank the...

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Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland Legislative Consent sought.
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