What police and crime commissioners do and the government's plans to scrap them.

What police and crime commissioners do and the government's plans to scrap them.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026, what is the planned commencement and implementation date for the provisions on Supplementary Vote in relation to (a) Police and Crime Commissioner elections and by-elections and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the draft Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) (Amendment) Order 2026, what is the planned commencement and implementation date for the provisions on Supplementary Vote in relation to (a) Police and Crime Commissioner elections and by-elections and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the provisions of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 relating to the reintroduction of the Supplementary Vote system for mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections are currently in force; whether any further commencement regulations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the provisions of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 relating to the reintroduction of the Supplementary Vote system for mayoral and police and crime commissioner elections are currently in force; whether any further commencement regulations...

Andy Burnham can stand to be elected as an MP while he is mayor of Greater Manchester, but if he wins he is immediately disqualified from the mayoralty.

Andy Burnham can stand to be elected as an MP while he is mayor of Greater Manchester, but if he wins he is immediately disqualified from the mayoralty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for making a commencement order under section 108 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 to enact Schedule 30 of the Act.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for making a commencement order under section 108 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 to enact Schedule 30 of the Act.

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...