Lord Best
The Lord Best OBE DL
Crossbench
•House of Lords•ActiveMember since 3 June 2001
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Housebuilders: Information Sharing
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, irrespective of the merits of the £100 million deal done between the CMA and the seven volume housebuilders, does the Minister agree that we...
Renters’ Rights Bill
14/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I will comment on Amendment 91 in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, and the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson. Their amendment would exem...
My Lords, I will briefly support Amendment 110 in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Cromwell and Lord Hogan-Howe. I am grateful to Safer Renting, ACO...
Renters’ Rights Bill
06/07/2025 • Lords
I am delighted to receive support from all around the House and am deeply grateful. The commonhold and leasehold reform Bill is on its way shortly. Th...
My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 74, to which the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, and, to my delight, the Minister, have added their names. I de...
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Housing Associations: Financial Assistance
02/07/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I greatly welcome this national housing strategy and the £39 billion that goes with it. Does this mean an end to the sharp decline in the ou...
Renters’ Rights Bill
30/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am very grateful to noble Lords for their support for my set of amendments, including the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, who made the ...
My Lords, in moving Amendment 25 in my name and those of the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, and the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, I will also spea...
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Planning and Infrastructure Bill
24/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Town and Country Planning Association and of the Local Government Association, an honorary ...
Social Housing
18/06/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I hugely welcome the £39 billion announced in the spending review for affordable housing; it is really good news. Will the Minister comment ...
Renters’ Rights Bill
13/05/2025 • Lords
I shall confine myself to two sentences, because the exposition from my noble friend covered the ground so admirably. I can only imagine the
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13/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have participated in this debate— mostly agreeing with the amendments, sometimes quite enthusiastically...
My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 221, 224, 227, 229 and 230. These amendments are in my name and those of the noble Lord, Lord Young of Cookham, ...
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Renters’ Rights Bill
11/05/2025 • Lords
My Lords, I am deeply grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken. The noble Lord, Lord Young, drew attention to the fact that social housing provider...
My Lords, this is a slightly longer amendment, but I will take it at a brisk pace. Amendments 203 and 204 in my name and the names of the noble Lords,...
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