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Westminster Hall
World Book Day - Wed 06 Mar 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) pleasure a few years ago of visiting Innerpeffray library in Perthshire, which is Scotland’s oldest free lending - Speech Link
2: Peter Grant (SNP - Glenrothes) chance encounter, and because she was introduced to books when she needed something to show her an alternative - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Independent School Fees: VAT - Wed 21 Feb 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Andrew Lewer (Con - Northampton South) adults via universities, for example, or other forms of education such as private tutoring, which is the alternative - Speech Link
2: Darren Henry (Con - Broxtowe) look at more economical ways of renting out those spaces and would not be financially able to continue lending - Speech Link
3: Robin Walker (Con - Worcester) exempt specialist settings from this policy and on whether that will apply to all of them, including the alternative - Speech Link


Petitions
Ulverston Library - Mon 19 Feb 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None the full repair and refurbishment of the existing library building, as well as options to relocate to alternative - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Developing World: Debt Reduction - Tue 13 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) One of the most important ways to counter it is by offering an alternative, so that when countries are - Speech Link
2: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) That is a better thing to do in many instances than lending those countries money. - Speech Link


Petitions
Buy now, pay later products - Fri 02 Feb 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: None It represents a popular alternative to traditional, interest-bearing forms of credit like credit cards - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Tenth sitting) - Tue 30 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) We can debate precisely what alternative arrangements are needed to deal with breaches of the covenant - Speech Link
2: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) It kicks in at just £350.There are alternative ways of resolving these debts available in our system. - Speech Link
3: None In our view, the alternative—seeking to rely on incremental improvement, the sharing of best practice - Speech Link
4: None Government amend the Bill to finally address the detrimental impact on property valuation and mortgage lending - Speech Link
5: Matthew Pennycook (Lab - Greenwich and Woolwich) It is not an alternative to leasehold. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Camoys (Con - Excepted Hereditary) We now have no alternative but to make Putin’s invasion in 2022 his own miscalculation. - Speech Link
2: Lord Anderson of Swansea (Lab - Life peer) Alternative, they end by drawing a line where the forces stand, as in Korea. - Speech Link
3: Earl Attlee (Con - Excepted Hereditary) The alternative is too dreadful to think about. - Speech Link
4: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) Of course, what is the alternative? - Speech Link
5: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) and reconstruction, including a €50 billion EU facility; $3 billion of UK guarantees to World Bank lending - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Eighth sitting)
Committee stage: 8th sitting - Thu 25 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: None placing the insurance, and provide an opportunity for a recognised tenants’ association to submit an alternative - Speech Link
2: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent North) placing the insurance, and to provide an opportunity for a recognised tenants association to submit an alternative - Speech Link
3: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) regards to insurance for buildings that have been affected by cladding, having made good progress on lending - Speech Link
4: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) We also anticipate that it will include details of all alternative quotes obtained from the market and - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill (Third sitting)
Committee stage: 3rd sitting - Thu 18 Jan 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Richard Fuller (Con - North East Bedfordshire) The private ways would be through the courts, but that has evolved in relation to the alternative dispute - Speech Link
2: Andy Carter (Con - Warrington South) The first thing to remember is that mortgage lenders are experts in mortgage lending, not in property - Speech Link
3: Andy Carter (Con - Warrington South) I think that, at the very minimum, short of regulation, they should be forced to be a member of an alternative - Speech Link
4: Mike Amesbury (Lab - Weaver Vale) We are trying to find a solution from a mortgage-lending perspective, because we want that market to - Speech Link
5: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) As I mentioned earlier, the lender is the expert in mortgage lending, not in building safety, and the - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Data Reporting Services Regulations 2023 - Wed 10 Jan 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) This in turn allows lenders to free up their balance sheets, to provide further lending to the real economy.The - Speech Link
2: Lord Livermore (Lab - Life peer) First, what practical impact is the lack of a UK tape having and what alternative data sources are being - Speech Link