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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 Jun 2025
Planning and Infrastructure Bill

"My Lords, I remind the House that I am a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I understand the ambition of the Bill to speed up infrastructure delivery. Planning frameworks are complex and can be slow. But I remind Ministers that when the Audit Commission existed, it audited planning performance, …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 24 Jun 2025
Music Education: State Schools

"My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Keeley, for the opportunity to hold this debate, and I very much look forward to hearing the maiden speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Debbonaire.

First, I acknowledge the important work of the 43 music hubs as well as organisations that partner …..."
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Written Question
Students: Housing
Tuesday 24th June 2025

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

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

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of their formula funding of student accommodation to support local authorities in the absence of council tax or business rate income, and of whether this formula should be updated to reflect the increased numbers of students using local services over the past decade.

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

The Government has recently published the Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation document setting out detailed proposals to update and reform the local government funding system through the 2026–27 Local Government Finance Settlement. As part of these proposals, we are considering how best to reflect the impact of student populations on local authorities’ ability to generate council tax revenue.

Specifically, we are proposing to account for the presence of student-exempt properties within the Resource Adjustment element of the funding formula. This would mean that authorities with a higher number of student-exempt properties would receive a smaller resource adjustment, thereby recognising their reduced capacity to generate income locally through council tax.

Written Question
Port of Sunderland: Byelaws
Wednesday 18th June 2025

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

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is their timetable for agreeing changes to the Port of Sunderland Byelaws 1978.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The Department has fully reviewed the Port of Sunderland Byelaws 1978 and is optimistic that this can be finalised and confirmed by all parties concerned in the coming weeks.

Division Vote (Lords)
11 Jun 2025 - Armed Forces Commissioner Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Shipley (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 54 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 265 Noes - 161
Division Vote (Lords)
4 Jun 2025 - Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill - View Vote Context
Lord Shipley (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 51 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 65 Noes - 130
Division Vote (Lords)
4 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Shipley (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 60 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 221 Noes - 116
Division Vote (Lords)
2 Jun 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Shipley (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 57 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 242 Noes - 116
Division Vote (Lords)
19 May 2025 - Data (Use and Access) Bill [HL] - View Vote Context
Lord Shipley (LD) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 58 Liberal Democrat Aye votes vs 0 Liberal Democrat No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 289 Noes - 118
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 May 2025
Renters’ Rights Bill

"My Lords, I thank the Minister for her very full explanation. I think the best course of action would be to review in Hansard what she has said and look at ways in which we might progress some of these issues by the time we reach Report in a …..."
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