Lord Howard of Rising

Lord Howard of Rising

The Lord Howard of Rising

Conservative
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Member since 3 June 2004

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Renters’ Rights Bill

06/07/2025Lords

1 contribution
My Lords, I support Amendment 53A in the name of the noble Lord, Lord de Clifford, spoken to so ably by the noble Earl, Lord Kinnoull. While there ...
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My Lords, what an honour to follow on from my noble friend Lord Roberts, to whose amendment I have added my name. There is View full contribution →

Renters’ Rights Bill

30/06/2025Lords

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My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 31 to 33 in my name. I declare an interest as a landlord of rented properties. When I pointed out in Committe...
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Renters’ Rights Bill

05/05/2025Lords

4 contributions
As my amendment alluded to, the Government’s definition of a pet is very broad and open to debate, although I believe that the Minister’s remarks were...
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My Lords, Amendment 121 seeks to probe and address the inadequate definition of “pet” in the Bill, which has already been mentioned by a number of nob...
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Renters’ Rights Bill

27/04/2025Lords

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That is the point. If you put it up to market rates, it can never go above market rates, so market rates can never increase. They will always stay sta...
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Perhaps the Minister can help me: if you can never put the rent above market rates, how does it ever change? You can never put it up—you can only ever...
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill

22/04/2025Lords

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My Lords, nobody can fault the good intentions of the Bill, which are to be applauded, but it has the potential to profoundly impact personal choice a...
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Holocaust Memorial Bill

27/03/2025Lords

2 contributions
With the greatest respect to the Minister, if the Planning Minister is somebody different, why is he not here answering these questions today?
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My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 34 in my name, which I tabled before your Lordships started to look at the Bill in Committee. Having listened so f...
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Holocaust Memorial Bill

20/03/2025Lords

2 contributions
Does the noble Lord agree that a camel is a horse designed by a committee? What he has just said proves that.
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My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 35 in my name. I declare interests: I have a house nearby, I have interests in a playground manufacturing company...
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I beg leave to withdraw my amendment.
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He can already get this information. I regret having to say this, but on more than one occasion HOLAC has taken a decision, or made a recommendatio...
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Holocaust Memorial Bill

04/03/2025Lords

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If those costs have been estimated in line with other museums, do they include the extra costs that will be needed for potential demonstrations at tha...
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Are those the same cost consultants who advised on HS2?
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