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Written Question
Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad
Tuesday 2nd May 2023

Asked by: Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer)

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

To ask His Majesty's Government when the provisions of Part 2 of the Elections Act 2022 relating to overseas electors will be brought into force.

Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Shadow Minister (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The secondary legislation to deliver the overseas electors change is expected to be made and come into force in January 2024.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 17 Oct 2022
Housing: Leasehold Properties

"My Lords, does not the point of the noble Lord, Lord Foulkes, underline the importance of doing all we can to induce voters in Scotland to vote for parties other than the Scottish nationalists, preferably the Conservative and Unionist Party?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 19 May 2022
Levelling-up Report

"Since he is a strong supporter of devolution, will my noble friend tell the House how our fellow country men and women in Northern Ireland will benefit from this process? How much money are the Government allocating to Northern Ireland and what will the results be? I declare my interest …..."
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Written Question
Town Twinning
Thursday 21st April 2022

Asked by: Lord Lexden (Conservative - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they maintain a central register of cities and towns in England with international twinning arrangements; if so, whether it shows which cities and towns are twinned with cities and towns in Ukraine; and what discussions they have had, if any, with local authorities in England about encouraging twinning arrangements with cities and towns in Ukraine.

Answered by Lord Greenhalgh

The Government does not maintain a central register of cities and towns in England with international twinning arrangements. Whilst twinning is a matter for councils themselves, the Government has recently used the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities’ daily local government bulletin to highlight the Cities4Cities initiative; an on-line platform, sponsored by the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, that matches the demands and needs of Ukrainian cities with the capacity and know-how of local authorities across Europe, including those in the United Kingdom.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 02 Feb 2022
Building Safety Bill

"My Lords, the next speaker, the noble Baroness, Lady Harris of Richmond, is taking part remotely. I invite the noble Baroness to speak...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Sep 2021
England: Historic Counties

"To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure the preservation of England’s historic counties...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 16 Sep 2021
England: Historic Counties

"My Lords, do our historic counties not enable us to recall many elements of our long and glorious past? Should they not appear on all maps, as a matter of course? Should they not be used on all ceremonial occasions rather than, as is sometimes the case, the more recent …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 15 Jun 2021
Private Landlords: Tenants with Pets

"Does my noble friend recall the importance that Winston Churchill attached to his pets, which included budgerigars that flew around his bedroom, to the discomfort of visiting Ministers? Would not the great man have been distressed that so many landlords are denying their tenants the affection and companionship that loving …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Apr 2021
Fire Safety Bill

"If Motion A1 is agreed to, I cannot call Motion A2. I call the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, to speak to Motion A2...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Apr 2021
Fire Safety Bill

"My Lords, the following Members in the Chamber have indicated that they wish to speak: the noble Baroness, Lady Fox of Buckley, the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Rochester and the noble Lord, Lord Newby. I call first the noble Baroness, Lady Fox...."
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