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Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill

Debate on bills on Tuesday, 11 July 2023, in the House of Lords, led by Earl Howe and Baroness Scott of Bybrook. The answering members were Baroness Hayman of Ullock and Baroness Taylor of Stevenage.
Lords report stage first day. Amendment 1 agreed to on division (212 to 208). Amendment 4 agreed to on division (217 to 192). Amendment 6 agreed to on division (202 to 194). Amendment 7 agreed to on division (207 to 189). Amendment 9 agreed to. Amendment 10 agreed to on division (169 to 167). Amendments 13, 15 to 17, 21 and 23 agreed to.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

831 cc1647-1725 

Session

2022-23

Legislative stage

Report stage

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1648 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I beg to move.

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1648 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before we begin Report, I want to make some points to draw the House’s attention to our...


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Baroness Pinnock | 831 cc1648-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I fully endorse the sentiment expressed by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock. I...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1649 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I acknowledge that the Government have proposed a number of changes to this Bill ahead ...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1649 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, after “Parliament” in...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 cc1649-1651 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group, all regarding the funding for the levellin...

Lord Berkeley | 831 cc1651-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that introduction. It is my job to speak to Amendment 11 in...

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd | 831 c1652 (Link to this contribution)

I will add one sentence in support of the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. It is cr...

Lord Teverson | 831 c1653 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak briefly to the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley. I have worked...

Baroness Pinnock | 831 cc1653-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I remind the House of my relevant interests: I am a councillor on Kirklees Council in W...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 cc1654-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendments 1, 17, 304 and 305 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock,...

Lord Butler of Brockwell | 831 c1656 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before the Minister sits down: I have listened carefully to what she has said, and I th...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1656 (Link to this contribution)

The disadvantage is that we are already doing it, so we would not want to duplicate it. We have l...

Lord Lansley | 831 c1657 (Link to this contribution)

Prompted by the noble Lord’s intervention, I do not think that Amendment 1 is consistent with the...

Lord Berkeley | 831 c1657 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, before the Minister sits down, I thank her for what she said about the Isles of Scilly ...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1657 (Link to this contribution)

I think the House prefers not to have any amendments at Third Reading.

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1657 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have spoken in this brief debate, and the Minister for her, as ...

Lord Lansley | 831 cc1657-1661 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Lansley

2: Clause 1, page 1, line 6, at end insert—

“(1A) A Minis...

Lord Lansley | 831 cc1661-3 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in this group Amendment 2 in my name returns to an issue that we debated in Committee. ...

Lord Shipley | 831 cc1663-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 6 in my name, but first, I point out that the noble Lord, ...

Lord Foster of Bath | 831 cc1664-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the other amendments in this group, but I am particularly grateful to my nobl...

Lord Carrington | 831 cc1666-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I declare my rural interests as set out in the register. It gives me great pleasure to ...

Lord Holmes of Richmond | 831 cc1667-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, it is a pleasure to take part in the debate on these amendments. In doing so, I declare...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 cc1668-1670 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have one amendment in this group, Amendment 12. It asks for an evaluation of progress...

Lord Curry of Kirkharle | 831 c1670 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to support a number of amendments in this group. I absolutely endorse the commen...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 cc1670-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 2, in the name of my noble friend Lord Lansley, would require a Minister to w...

Lord Shipley | 831 c1671 (Link to this contribution)

Before the Minister sits down, perhaps she might explain a little further about the Levelling Up ...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1673 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am not aware that the advisory council is publishing papers, because it is advisory t...

Lord Foster of Bath | 831 c1673 (Link to this contribution)

To save the House time later, I remind the Minister that rural-proofing is not about giving a lis...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1673 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, a number of proofings have been done on the Bill. I will ask for those and make sure th...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1673 (Link to this contribution)

Before the Minister sits down, if the policies have been rural-proofed, what happened to the metr...

Lord Lansley | 831 cc1673-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken to this group on a range of issues. We...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1674 (Link to this contribution)

I have an update for the House: I have been advised that the independent advisory board has a pub...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 831 c1674 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Lister of Burtersett

4: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert—

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 831 cc1674-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I rise to move Amendment 4, which is supported by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 831 cc1676-8 (Link to this contribution)

I declare an interest in that I am vice-president of Marie Curie and co-chair of the Bevan Commis...

Baroness D'Souza | 831 c1678 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, for tabling this amendment, to which my name i...

Bishop of Durham | 831 cc1678-9 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 4, to which I have put my name and which I thank the noble Ba...

Baroness Benjamin | 831 cc1679-1680 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and thank her f...

Baroness Pinnock | 831 cc1680-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments seeks to persuade the Government to be more specific about the...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 831 cc1681-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I draw attention to my interests, as I am still a serving councillor in both Stevenage ...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 cc1684-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 4 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Lister of Burtersett, would require...

Baroness Lister of Burtersett | 831 c1686 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. They have strengthened the argument very much ...

Lord Shipley | 831 cc1686-1690 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Shipley

6: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert—

“(2A) A state...

Lord Shipley | 831 c1690 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I listened carefully to the Minister’s reply on my amendment, in which she said that th...

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 831 c1690 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

7: Clause 1, page 2, line 3, at end insert—

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Baroness Finlay of Llandaff | 831 c1690 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her response, but I have to say that, without health,...

Earl Howe | 831 c1690 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Earl Howe

9: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

“Stateme...

Earl Howe | 831 c1697 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, in moving this amendment, I will speak also to Amendments 13, 15, 16, 21 and 23. The Go...

Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd | 831 cc1697-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I welcome the Minister’s statement and will say how grateful I am, and I am sure that p...

Lord Hope of Craighead | 831 c1699 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I offer my support for these amendments from a Scottish perspective and for very much t...

Duke of Montrose | 831 c1699 (Link to this contribution)

It is a privilege to follow the two noble and learned Lords who have just spoken and to see their...

Baroness Pinnock | 831 c1700 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, we on these Benches welcome this group of government amendments, which are in response ...

Baroness O'Neill of Bexley | 831 c1700 (Link to this contribution)

I remind the House that I am the leader of the London Borough of Bexley and therefore have associ...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1700 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I just want to say that we also welcome these amendments and that I support everything ...

Earl Howe | 831 cc1700-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble and learned Lords, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd and Lor...

Lord Foster of Bath | 831 c1701 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Lord Foster of Bath

10: After Clause 1, insert the following new Clause—

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Lord Foster of Bath | 831 c1701 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am enormously grateful to the Minister for promising to go and look for evidence that...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1701 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

13: Clause 2, page 3, line 19, at end insert—

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Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 cc1701-5 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

15: Clause 4, page 4, line 19, at end insert—

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Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1705 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

16: Clause 5, page 5, line 5, at end insert—

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1705 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

17: After Clause 5, insert the following new Claus...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1706 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

18: After Clause 5, insert the following new Claus...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 cc1706-7 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this is a short group with just my Amendment 18 in it. I have laid this amendment to pr...

Baroness Pinnock | 831 cc1707-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 18 is a new probing amendment, because we all assumed that, if the Government...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1708 (Link to this contribution)

Amendment 18 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, relates to officials publi...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1708 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, for her comments in this debate and the Minis...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 831 cc1708-9 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

19: After Clause 5, insert the following new Cl...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 831 c1709 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Hayman goes to the...

Baroness Pinnock | 831 cc1709-1710 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, this group of amendments from the noble Baronesses, Lady Hayman of Ullock and Lady Tayl...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 cc1710-1 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I am really pleased to address the important issue of the cost of living, dealt with in...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 831 cc1711-2 (Link to this contribution)

I am very grateful to the Minister for her answers. Once again, she gave the figures for the supp...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1712 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

21: Clause 6, page 6, line 12, at end insert—

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Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1712 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Scott of Bybrook

23: Clause 6, page 6, line 14, at end insert—

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Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 831 c1712 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

24: Clause 6, page 6, after line 22 insert—

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Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 831 cc1713-4 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 24 in my name asks the Government to define by regulation exactly what they m...

Baroness Pinnock | 831 cc1714-5 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, increasingly I think that we need a clear definition of levelling up, partly because wh...

Earl Howe | 831 c1715 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendment 24, in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor of Stevenage, asks the Gov...

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage | 831 cc1715-6 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, once again, I am grateful to the noble Earl for his response, and I thank the noble Bar...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1716 (Link to this contribution)

Moved by

Baroness Hayman of Ullock

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

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 cc1716-8 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have a number of amendments in this group, as do other noble Lords. I shall talk your...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 831 cc1718-1720 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as my noble friend said, I have two amendments. Amendment 52

“would prevent the S...

Lord Shipley | 831 c1720 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I have learned a lot in the last 10 minutes. I did not know all of that detail.

Lord Shipley | 831 cc1720-1 (Link to this contribution)

Well, I just hope the Minister might be able to put our minds at rest. The word “gerrymandering” ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 831 c1721 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, perhaps Mr Street could be called the Governor-General?

Lord Shipley | 831 c1721 (Link to this contribution)

Governor-General of the West Midlands—there, my Lords, is a thought. We are now starting to laugh...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 cc1721-2 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, Amendments 25, 27, 35 and 53, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman of Ullock, rega...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1722 (Link to this contribution)

I want to ask for clarification. The test is to carry out a consultation. When the Secretary of S...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 cc1722-3 (Link to this contribution)

It is more complex than that. It is not a referendum but a consultation. Therefore, there will be...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 831 c1723 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I will not delay the House for long but, with the greatest respect, this was a twinkle ...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1723 (Link to this contribution)

We are finishing at the end of this group.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 831 c1723 (Link to this contribution)

Sorry, I know that, but we are going to have further debates on this because the amendments have ...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1723 (Link to this contribution)

May I answer the noble Lord first? I am not talking about the West Midlands or Warwickshire; I am...

Baroness Pinnock | 831 c1723 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for giving way. Do the Government have any limit for the expansion of mayora...

Baroness Scott of Bybrook | 831 c1724 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, as we have said before, there are clear regulations that the Secretary of State will lo...

Baroness Hayman of Ullock | 831 c1724 (Link to this contribution)

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her response to quite a charged debate. I thought I was quite ...

Notes

Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland legislative consent sought.
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