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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 16 Mar 2022
Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

"My Lords, I spent many sleepless nights reading this through in detail, but I must admit it was time well spent...."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 16 Mar 2022
Energy Performance of Buildings (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022

"I will keep off that subject.

I congratulate the Government on implementing a computer system that means it is actually cheaper to do something—perhaps the department could speak to the National Health Service about its implementation of digital systems, which could be better.

I am pleased that the Minister went …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 01 Dec 2021
Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill

"My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendments 5 and 6 in my name and that of the noble Lord, Lord Leigh of Hurley.

Amendment 5 seeks to add a new clause that would require the Secretary of State to report on the resources and the powers available to both …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 01 Dec 2021
Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill

"Before the Minister sits down, first I thank the Minister, who has largely been able to meet most of our concerns. On a point of clarification, he said something like, “There will be no automatic restoration process, nor is there a need for one” for the purposes of investigation and …..."
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Written Question
Non-domestic Rates
Tuesday 10th July 2018

Asked by: Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost to local government of collecting business rates in England in each of the last three years.

Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

Data reported by local authorities in England on the amount spent on collecting non-domestic rates for 2014-15 to 2016-17 can be found in the tables below:

Financial year

Total service expenditure for non-domestic rates collection

Total income for non-domestic rates collection

Net current expenditure for non-domestic rates collection

£ million

£ million

£ million

2014-15

90.8

73.8

17.0

2015-16

86.6

75.5

11.1

2016-17

93.2

81.8

11.4

Local authorities are able to offset the costs of collections through fees and charges, which is shown in the table as income. Additionally, under the rates retention system, we give billing authorities an “allowance” made up of business rates income, for which they retain 100 per cent, instead of having to share it with central government and their major precepting authorities.