Division Vote (Lords)
17 Mar 2021 - Fire Safety Bill -
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Lord Greaves (LD) voted Aye
- in line with the party majority
and in line with the House
One of
80 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs
0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 326 Noes - 248
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Mar 2021
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Mar 2021
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill
"My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 2, which is in the same group. This follows what I thought was an interesting and useful discussion in Committee on the meaning of the words “wholly or mainly” when it came to defining whether a hereditament qualified for the zero rating …..."Lord Greaves - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Mar 2021
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill
"My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for devoting some brainpower to this, actually thinking about it and coming up with sensible arguments. On balance, I do not agree with him. It seems that common sense would be to make it as simple as possible —his words—for local authorities, …..."Lord Greaves - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Mar 2021
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Mar 2021
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill
"My Lords, I first pay tribute to my noble friend Lady Randerson for the campaigning which she does on this issue, together with colleagues and campaigning organisations. Not very long ago—perhaps 15 or 20 years ago—there was a view that public lavatories were on their way out. I hate to …..."Lord Greaves - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Mar 2021
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill
"My Lords, along with others, no doubt, I thank the Minister for his great interest in this area. I should apologise for not being able to make the meeting on Monday. I intended to, but I was caught up in a site meeting on ward issues. They are pretty difficult …..."Lord Greaves - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Mar 2021
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill
"My Lords, I support the amendment. I do not need to say any more about it. It concerns a slightly different aspect of what we have been talking about. Apart from that, I have made the points that I wanted to make. All that I will say is that I …..."Lord Greaves - View Speech
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Written Question
Wednesday 17th March 2021
Asked by:
Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how much of the trade through each of the proposed new freeports will be (1) existing trade through that port, (2) new trade, and (3) trade diverted from other UK ports.
Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton
At Budget, the Chancellor announced the 8 Freeports from 8 regions of England, as selected by the Secretary of State for the Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government – this followed the fair, open and transparent assessment process outlined in the Bidding Prospectus.
Freeports will play a significant role in boosting trade, attracting inward investment and driving productive activity across the UK. This will level up communities across the country through increased employment opportunities. This is more important than ever as we begin to recover from the ongoing economic impacts of Covid-19.
Our focus has been on getting places to send us their bids and proposals, rather than second-guessing what they will do. The modelling we have done to support that process remains sensitive at this point and liable to change significantly now the locations have been announced.
Written Question
Wednesday 17th March 2021
Asked by:
Lord Greaves (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the HM Treasury:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution that will be made by the creation of eight freeports to levelling up the north of England with the south and south-east.
Answered by Lord Agnew of Oulton
At Budget, the Chancellor announced the 8 Freeports from 8 regions of England, as selected by the Secretary of State for the Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government – this followed the fair, open and transparent assessment process outlined in the Bidding Prospectus.
Freeports will play a significant role in boosting trade, attracting inward investment and driving productive activity across the UK. This will level up communities across the country through increased employment opportunities. This is more important than ever as we begin to recover from the ongoing economic impacts of Covid-19.
Our focus has been on getting places to send us their bids and proposals, rather than second-guessing what they will do. The modelling we have done to support that process remains sensitive at this point and liable to change significantly now the locations have been announced.