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Written Question
Parish and Town Councils: Complaints
Thursday 11th December 2025

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

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

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to implement the proposals on modernising parish poll regulations on which they consulted from December 2014 to January 2015.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The government has no plans to amend the regulations on parish polls.

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

"My Lords, I am very pleased to hear what the Minister has just said about every region getting the degree of devolution that it requires. The noble Lord will be aware of the One Yorkshire committee, of which the leaders of Conservative councils in Yorkshire are members. All of them …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 14 Mar 2022
Building and Fire Safety: Leaseholders

"My Lords, the Minister reminds us that the Government propose that leaseholders should pay no more than £15,000—in London. Does he accept that, if you live in London and are facing very heavy costs, including rapidly rising energy bills, for many people who will be faced with a bill of …..."
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Speech in Grand Committee - Wed 09 Mar 2022
North Yorkshire (Structural Changes) Order 2022

"My Lords, following earlier discussions about errors in statutory instruments, when I worked for Customs and Excise, there was a VAT instrument in which I had a passing interest which had one word wrong. The view was taken that the Under-Secretary whose responsibility it was would never be promoted again …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 28 Oct 2021
Buildings: Cladding

"My Lords, last week the Minister said that details of the residential property developer tax would be announced yesterday, and that the figure he had given—the receipt of £2 billion over 10 years—was the absolute minimum. Yesterday, the Chancellor announced a rate of tax, but I am unaware that he …..."
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Written Question
Infrastructure: Carbon Emissions
Tuesday 1st June 2021

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

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

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the proposed Planning Bill contains provisions to require the impact of any new infrastructure proposal to be assessed against the ability to achieve the UK's net-zero carbon emissions target.

Answered by Lord Greenhalgh

National planning policies already recognise the importance of sustainable development, and make clear that reducing carbon emissions should be considered in plan and decision making. The Government is considering how the planning system can further support our commitment to reaching net zero, including through the planning reform programme and the forthcoming Planning Bill. Our response to the Planning for the Future White Paper, setting out next steps on these reforms, will be published in due course.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 28 Apr 2021
Fire Safety Bill

"My Lords, I begin by declaring my interest as a leaseholder affected by fire safety remediation costs.

This afternoon, I decided to listen to the debate on the Bill in another place to see whether I had been missing something, by just hearing debates here, about the Government’s real reasons …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 20 Apr 2021
Fire Safety Bill

"My Lords, I begin by declaring my interest as a leaseholder in a block of flats that faces major fire and remediation works.

When we last debated this Bill, I teased the Minister by suggesting that he was behaving like Sir Humphrey in the TV series “Yes, Minister”, by coming …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 17 Mar 2021
Fire Safety Bill

"My Lords, I begin by declaring an interest. I am a leaseholder in a block where I stay when I am in London during the week which has been found to have major safety defects and in which a waking watch is now in operation. I have therefore been able …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Feb 2020
Yorkshire: Devolution

"My Lords, the Minister says that the balkanisation of Yorkshire is sensible. Is he aware that the only people who think that are the Government, not the people of Yorkshire? Why do the Government think that dividing Yorkshire into four—something that nobody, not even the Romans or the Vikings, has …..."
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