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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill

"My Lords, we support the amendments in this group concerning rent affordability, a matter that strikes at the heart of the lived reality of millions of tenants. We welcome the long-overdue commitment to abolishing Section 21 no-fault evictions but, as Shelter rightly said in a release only this week:

“For …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill

"My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Carrington, for bringing what is a quite small technical issue, even if there are many amendments related to it, particularly regarding farmers and their tenants. We understand that, technically, Amendments 8, 9, 11 and 13 to 17 relate to one very small, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 01 Jul 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill

"I thank the noble Lord.

On Amendments 10 and 12, we on these Benches are concerned that they technically widen the scope beyond where we are comfortable. However, regarding Amendments 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16, we hope that the Minister has heard the technical detail that is …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 26 Jun 2025
Food Allergens

"If the FSA has pushed for compulsory written allergen information on menus, as it appears to have, is this not too long a wait for the Government to carry out an assessment? Also, will the Minister give us some sense of how it is possible to help smaller establishments in …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill

"My Lords, the Government’s ambition to build more homes and infrastructure for our country is welcome. It is indeed time to get Britain building again. However, there is a danger in this Bill of council blaming and nature blaming, which ignores recent history.

According to the CPRE, a staggering 1.2 …..."

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 Jun 2025
English Marine Protected Areas: Bottom Trawling and Dredging

"My Lords, while extending the ban on destructive bottom trawling is very welcome indeed, can I ask whether the Government considered a full ban, given the urgency expressed in the Labour Party manifesto on this issue? While the noble Baroness, Lady Sugg, has asked for a timetable—I think it is …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Wild Camping

"My Lords, given Labour’s manifesto commitments to improve responsible access to nature and enhance community rights to green space, can the Minister clarify what specific changes we can expect in the law and whether the rumours of a Green Paper are true? If they are not, can the Minister tell …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Jun 2025
Wild Camping

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Jun 2025
Official Controls (Plant Health) and Phytosanitary Conditions (Amendment) Regulations 2025

"My Lords, we support these regulations as a sensible step to protect our biosecurity and reduce costly and deeply damaging barriers to trade, but we see this as just one stage of a much bigger journey. As my noble friend Lady Suttie has said in previous debates of this nature, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 09 Jun 2025
Social Care and Special Education Charities: Employer National Insurance Contributions

"My Lords, does the Minister agree that the Government have already published several comprehensive spending review announcements over the past week? Does he further accept that social care funding is inextricably linked to the NHS’s recovery? Will he therefore use this opportunity to reassure the House that social care will …..."
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