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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 29 Jul 2020
Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2020

"My Lords, I declare an interest. I own and live in a grade 2* listed building. I come at this from a different perspective from that of the noble Earl, Lord Shrewsbury. I welcome the Minister’s direction of travel on this SI, which I will come back to in a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 28 Jul 2020
Planning Rules

"I welcome this improvement on permitted development. However, in small towns it is likely that fewer than 10 units per development will be built, and so there will be no CIL money for infrastructure. Will money be allocated to the Housing Infrastructure Fund so that small towns can get the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Jul 2020
Insolvency Act 1986 Part A1 Moratorium (Eligibility of Private Registered Providers) Regulations 2020

"My Lords, the Minister has introduced this statutory instrument with clarity and brevity; I congratulate him. The noble Lord, Lord Wood, has eloquently asked the question that I would ask. For me to repeat it would be superfluous and so I shall refrain from doing so...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Jul 2020
Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Combined Authority (Functions and Amendment) Order 2020

"My Lords, when we shift to York, as the Prime Minister is rightly demanding that we do, I will be available, as I am sure others will be, to give guided tours to Peers who are not too familiar with the region. I will need to pack a lot of …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 14 May 2020
Housing for the Homeless

"Some local authorities have excellent systems already for dealing with homelessness and not all homeless people are the same. Putting someone with a drug or alcohol addiction into a Travelodge away from town is not necessarily a recipe for success. Therefore, will the Minister ensure that there is a proper …..."
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Written Question
Youth Hostel Association: Coronavirus
Tuesday 7th April 2020

Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Youth Hostel Association about its offering of 150 properties to be used by key workers and vulnerable members of society during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Answered by Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist - Opposition Whip (Lords)

We have been working with a number of hotel chains across the country to secure accommodation for rough sleepers. We are pleased that the Youth Hostel Association offered to provide properties to be used by key workers and vulnerable members of society during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are now working with local authorities in Manchester and Brighton to house rough sleepers.

We are working intensively with councils and the sector to help get those who are sleeping rough off the streets and into appropriate accommodation.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 13 Feb 2020
Industrial and Mining Towns

"My Lords, former mining towns that voted more for Brexit than anywhere else in the country do not want investment that goes round them; they want investment in them—that people can see inside them. Do the Government realise that their credibility in the next five years will be judged on …..."
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Written Question
Local Government Pension Scheme
Monday 9th September 2019

Asked by: Lord Mann (Labour - Life peer)

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the effect of the proposed changes to the local government pension scheme on the pensions of long standing members of that scheme.

Answered by Luke Hall

The proposals contained in the consultation document issued on 8 May, entitled "Changes to the local valuation cycle and management of employer risk", are intended to help funds to better manage employer risk and liabilities, and to ensure that employer contributions are set at an appropriate level. These objectives are consonant with the interests of all scheme members and would not affect the pension benefits which are due to existing members of the scheme


The consultation closed on 31 July and we have received a large number of responses, from the perspective of both scheme employers and scheme members. It is right that we take time to consider the representations made and a formal response will be issued in due course.

Speech in General Committees - Thu 27 Jun 2019
Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

"I have attempted to read these documents, though it gets a little difficult because the Whips on the Labour side choose to put me on one of these Committees every single week. They have done so for several months, and when I failed to get to one on time, they …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Thu 27 Jun 2019
Draft Community Infrastructure Levy (Amendment) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

"I will let the Minister respond...."
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