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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 May 2022
Levelling-up Report

"My Lords, do the Government think that it is an appropriate part of levelling up to postpone the ban on two-for-one HFSS foods in supermarkets and delay the advertising ban during children’s television? This morning, Cancer Research published data showing that 50% of adults in this country will be obese …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 28 Oct 2021
Land Use Framework

"My Lords, I am delighted to follow the noble Baroness. As ever, she has set out her stall very wisely, with many facts and elements that we need to take on board. It is clearly madness that we do not have a land framework strategy. It is a bit like …..."
Baroness Boycott - View Speech

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 17 May 2021
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow two such fabulous maiden speeches, and I look forward to working with both noble Lords. There is much to welcome in the Speech, but there is much that still seems to be about rhetoric rather than action, as many noble Lords …..."
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Written Question
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
Monday 4th March 2019

Asked by: Baroness Boycott (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any disparity in high street rent rates between large chains and small businesses; what is the reason for any such difference in those rates; and whether they intend to introduce lower rent rates for small independent health food outlets on the high street.

Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

The Department does not hold the information requested, as the level of rent paid by the tenant of a commercial property is agreed by the landlord and tenant on an individual basis. This information is not reported centrally. We do not currently have any plans to regulate the rents for small independent health food outlets on the high street.

At the Autumn Budget, we set out Our Plan to support the sustainable transformation of high streets, which included a £675 million Future High Streets Fund, to support local areas in England to invest in town centre infrastructure, to increase access to high streets and support redevelopment and densification around high streets.