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Lord Blencathra

46: Clause 93, page 102, line 8, at end insert “after consulting the residents”

Member
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
28 February 2022
Reference
819 c210GC
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I declare my interest as a leaseholder in a block of flats near here that has some remedial work not currently covered by the latest government proposals. I rise to move Amendment 46. In the customary spirit of this Committee, let us begin with my favourite building quote,...

Member
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
28 February 2022
Reference
819 cc211-4GC
House
House of Lords

My Lords, we have spent two hours on this group of amendments. It is probably the second-most important group in the Bill, after the one we dealt with last week. There were more than 45 amendments down, so I make no apology that we have spent considerable time discussing them.

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Member
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
28 February 2022
Reference
819 cc241-2GC
House
House of Lords

My Lords, my Amendment 59 is concerned with the first two lines of paragraph 5 of Schedule 8, which begins:

“Building safety costs may be taken into account in determining the … building safety charge payable by a relevant tenant”.

You can bet your life they will be. Leaseholders know that every...

Member
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
28 February 2022
Reference
819 cc249-251GC
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on his excellent opening speech, especially the announcement on wheelchairs and pavement access. He will make a worthwhile contribution to this House.

The Bill generally is welcome although I have a few concerns about some issues. First, as chair of the Delegated...

Member
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
6 July 2020
Reference
804 cc912-3
House
House of Lords

My Lords, I congratulate my noble friend the Minister and the Department for Transport on bringing forward these regulations. It is a very sensible thing to do. I should declare a personal interest in that my MoT is due to run out at the end of May; or rather, my...

Member
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
13 May 2020
Reference
803 c700
House
House of Lords

My Lords, will my noble friend, and indeed the whole Government, defend the integrity and impartiality of the learned judge appointed to conduct this inquiry and deplore the comments made by some that the only person capable of being an impartial judge on this has to be a black woman...

Member
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
3 July 2017
Reference
783 c736
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord O’Shaughnessy on 28 February (HL5553), what were the risk factors and intelligence received which led the Food Standards Agency to sample (1) in 2015, 100 bottles of Italian wine and 12 bottles of UK wine, and (2) in...

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 March 2017
Reference
HL5818
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many bottles of wine were sampled by the Food Standards Agency from each EU country in each of the last five years.

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Health
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 February 2017
Reference
HL5553
House
House of Lords

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to introduce a British fuel efficiency test for all motor vehicles sold in the United Kingdom which exactly simulates real driving conditions and which does not use a rolling road nor overinflated tyres.

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
3 November 2015
Reference
HL2833
House
House of Lords

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10th March, Official Report, columns 1925-6W, on Bovine Artificial Insemination, what the reasons are for the difference in the costs of official testing of bull semen in Northern Ireland and in Great Britain.

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 April 2005
Reference
432 c1526W;432 c1522W; 224591
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether test samples from bulls for artificial insemination purposes may be sent to approved laboratories in other member states of the EU.

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 March 2005
Reference
431 c1925W;431 c1917W; 219504
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the cost of testing a bull for the purpose of artificial insemination is (a) in Great Britain and (b) in Northern Ireland.

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
10 March 2005
Reference
431 c1925-6W;431 c1917-8W; 219505
House
House of Commons

That this House notes that the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive is currently being considered by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers; observes that despite amendments passed by the Parliament the Directive would require dossiers to be submitted to the Medicines Control Agency for registration purposes and that...

Primary sponsor
Brian Iddon (Labour)
Type
Early day motions
Date
4 December 2002
Reference
279
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will use the veterinary laboratories at Stormont for foot and mouth blood testing as a supplement to Pirbright; what confidentiality or secrecy agreements temporary veterinary inspectors have to sign on joining her Department. - I replied...

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 November 2001
Reference
374 c298W; 2739;2759
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what records are maintained of visits to farms by her Department's vets carrying out precautionary inspections; what the average rate of (a) false negatives and (b) false positives in foot and mouth samples is from (i) cattle, (ii)...

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 October 2001
Reference
372 c1101-2W;372 c1102W; 2760;2757;3450;3454
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how long it takes foot and mouth blood samples to be processed at the Stormont Laboratory. - Includes fact that responsibility for this subject has been devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly and is therefore no longer a matter for the...

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Northern Ireland Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 October 2001
Reference
2737; 372 c999W;372 c998W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs various questions on the foot and mouth outbreak. (Letters in Library Dep 01/1282, 01/1285, 01/1287, 01/1289, 01/1292).

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
15 October 2001
Reference
372 c1099-101W;372 c1100-1W; 794;2190;2185;2183;2196;2177;2188;2182;2171;2758;2762;2569;2550;2547;2735;2772;2743;2567;2763;2750;3248
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many foot and mouth blood samples are awaiting processing at Pirbright; and what is the time from submission from the farm to confirmed result. - Inc figures.

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 July 2001
Reference
2738; 371 c686W
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many premises that were confirmed as being infected with foot and mouth have subsequently received negative results from blood tests. - Inc figures.

Asked by
Lord Blencathra (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 July 2001
Reference
2568; 371 c687W
House
House of Commons