To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 9 February (HL Deb col 4GC), whether water pollution, flooding and heatwaves are environmental factors under section 45 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 9 February (HL Deb col 4GC), whether water pollution, flooding and heatwaves are environmental factors under section 45 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026.

Moved by

Baroness Berridge

317: After Clause 85, insert the following new Clause—

“Rutland: status as a ceremonial county

(1) The Lieutenancies Act 1997 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies in Great Britain), in the Table, after “Nottingham” insert as a...

Moved by

Baroness Berridge

317: After Clause 85, insert the following new Clause—

“Rutland: status as a ceremonial county

(1) The Lieutenancies Act 1997 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies in Great Britain), in the Table, after “Nottingham” insert as a...

My Lords, Amendment 317 seeks to amend the Lieutenancies Act 1997 to ensure the continuation of Rutland as a ceremonial county with its own lord-lieutenant. I am grateful to the Minister for her email today relating to this matter, and for acknowledging

“the unique circumstances, given that Rutland’s ceremonial status derives...

My Lords, Amendment 317 seeks to amend the Lieutenancies Act 1997 to ensure the continuation of Rutland as a ceremonial county with its own lord-lieutenant. I am grateful to the Minister for her email today relating to this matter, and for acknowledging

“the unique circumstances, given that Rutland’s ceremonial status derives...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, for pointing out the possibility of the gap. I have to confess that I had not fully understood that there was likely to be a gap between the two. I have been told that this matter would be satisfactorily...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, for pointing out the possibility of the gap. I have to confess that I had not fully understood that there was likely to be a gap between the two. I have been told that this matter would be satisfactorily...

My Lords, this is an important issue on which we have tried to come to a solution. I thank my noble friend Lady Berridge for bringing forward this amendment and explaining the issue so well. It speaks to the wider issue of ensuring that local identities rooted in geography and...

My Lords, this is an important issue on which we have tried to come to a solution. I thank my noble friend Lady Berridge for bringing forward this amendment and explaining the issue so well. It speaks to the wider issue of ensuring that local identities rooted in geography and...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, for her amendment. One of the reasons I love local government is the variety of unique and special issues that we come across all the time, and this is one great example of that. I acknowledge Rutland’s unique circumstances,...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, for her amendment. One of the reasons I love local government is the variety of unique and special issues that we come across all the time, and this is one great example of that. I acknowledge Rutland’s unique circumstances,...

I am grateful to the Minister for that assurance of continuity. I would have been grateful for clarity that there cannot be the possibility of two sets of statutory instruments, because that is where the possibility of a gap exists, but I am grateful for those reassurances. I hope that...

I am grateful to the Minister for that assurance of continuity. I would have been grateful for clarity that there cannot be the possibility of two sets of statutory instruments, because that is where the possibility of a gap exists, but I am grateful for those reassurances. I hope that...

Moved by

Lord Norton of Louth

318B: After Clause 85, insert the following new Clause—

“Review of the Act

(1) The Secretary of State must—

(a) carry out a review of the operation and effect of this Act,

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report,

(c) publish the report, and

(d) lay a copy...

Moved by

Lord Norton of Louth

318B: After Clause 85, insert the following new Clause—

“Review of the Act

(1) The Secretary of State must—

(a) carry out a review of the operation and effect of this Act,

(b) set out the conclusions of the review in a report,

(c) publish the report, and

(d) lay a copy...

My Lords, Governments since 2008 have been committed to undertaking post-legislative scrutiny of Acts three to five years after enactment. In Committee on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Malvern, reminded the Committee that she was a member of the Government who...

My Lords, Governments since 2008 have been committed to undertaking post-legislative scrutiny of Acts three to five years after enactment. In Committee on the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Malvern, reminded the Committee that she was a member of the Government who...

My Lords, one of the advantages of having volunteered to stay beyond the Whip issued to these Benches tonight—and it is 12.50 am—is that it gives me the opportunity briefly to comment on Amendment 318B, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth. There is great merit in the...

My Lords, one of the advantages of having volunteered to stay beyond the Whip issued to these Benches tonight—and it is 12.50 am—is that it gives me the opportunity briefly to comment on Amendment 318B, moved by the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth. There is great merit in the...

My Lords, this is an important contribution, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, for proposing it. I support it, but I think the Government will want to do things more quickly than five years. What is being proposed is a review of the impact of the...

My Lords, this is an important contribution, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Norton of Louth, for proposing it. I support it, but I think the Government will want to do things more quickly than five years. What is being proposed is a review of the impact of the...

My Lords, Amendment 318B, in the name of my noble friend Lord Norton of Louth, is a modest and sensible

proposal but one of constitutional importance. The amendment would simply require that, within five years of the Act coming into force, the Secretary of State conduct a review of its...

My Lords, Amendment 318B, in the name of my noble friend Lord Norton of Louth, is a modest and sensible

proposal but one of constitutional importance. The amendment would simply require that, within five years of the Act coming into force, the Secretary of State conduct a review of its...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Norton, for Amendment 318B and I welcome the spirit in which it has been tabled. I reassure the noble Lord that the Government are already required in law to publish an annual report on English devolution and to lay it before Parliament. Therefore, Parliament...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Norton, for Amendment 318B and I welcome the spirit in which it has been tabled. I reassure the noble Lord that the Government are already required in law to publish an annual report on English devolution and to lay it before Parliament. Therefore, Parliament...

My Lords, as I mentioned earlier, good law is a public good. It is essential that Acts deliver what they are expected to deliver, and not all do so, as the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, was touching upon. They may be misinterpreted or misunderstood, simply have no effect or have...

My Lords, as I mentioned earlier, good law is a public good. It is essential that Acts deliver what they are expected to deliver, and not all do so, as the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, was touching upon. They may be misinterpreted or misunderstood, simply have no effect or have...

Tabled by

Lord Thurlow

318C: Schedule 34, page 363, line 26, at end insert—

“2A In this schedule, “business tenancy” and “business tenancy with a rent review” refer only to a business that is a small or medium-sized enterprise, as defined by the section 123 of the Procurement Act 2023.”

Member's explanatory statement

This amendment...

Tabled by

Lord Thurlow

318C: Schedule 34, page 363, line 26, at end insert—

“2A In this schedule, “business tenancy” and “business tenancy with a rent review” refer only to a business that is a small or medium-sized enterprise, as defined by the section 123 of the Procurement Act 2023.”

Member's explanatory statement

This amendment...

I would like to thank noble Lords for their contributions on Amendment 318C and particularly for the kind and generous comments from across the House to the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, and me. I regret too that the surveying and property expertise is becoming depleted by the forthcoming cull and...

I would like to thank noble Lords for their contributions on Amendment 318C and particularly for the kind and generous comments from across the House to the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, and me. I regret too that the surveying and property expertise is becoming depleted by the forthcoming cull and...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

319: Schedule 34, page 363, line 31, leave out from “if” to end of line 38 and insert “—

(a) at that time it is a business tenancy with a rent review,

(b) the tenancy was—

(i) granted, or

(ii) varied so that it is subject to rent review terms,

after...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

319: Schedule 34, page 363, line 31, leave out from “if” to end of line 38 and insert “—

(a) at that time it is a business tenancy with a rent review,

(b) the tenancy was—

(i) granted, or

(ii) varied so that it is subject to rent review terms,

after...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

324A: Clause 86, page 85, line 10, at end insert—

““LGA 2000” means the Local Government Act 2000;”

Member's explanatory statement

This would add a definition of “LGA 2000” to the Bill.

324B: Clause 86, page 85, line 11, at end insert—

““LGPIHA 2007” means the Local Government and Public Involvement...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

324A: Clause 86, page 85, line 10, at end insert—

““LGA 2000” means the Local Government Act 2000;”

Member's explanatory statement

This would add a definition of “LGA 2000” to the Bill.

324B: Clause 86, page 85, line 11, at end insert—

““LGPIHA 2007” means the Local Government and Public Involvement...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

325A: After Clause 88, insert the following new Clause—

“Certain orders and regulations provided for by Parts 1 and 2

(1) Section 117 of LDEDCA 2009 (orders and regulations) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (5).

(2) In subsection (2) for

“An order to which subsection (2A) applies”

substitute

“Subject...

Moved by

Baroness Taylor of Stevenage

325A: After Clause 88, insert the following new Clause—

“Certain orders and regulations provided for by Parts 1 and 2

(1) Section 117 of LDEDCA 2009 (orders and regulations) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (5).

(2) In subsection (2) for

“An order to which subsection (2A) applies”

substitute

“Subject...