I want to write to Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ...quite true. I declare my interests as set out in the register and note that I am also a member of Peers for the Planet. The amendment in my name and in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Foster of Bath and Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, is not overly prescriptive. It simply requires the Government to set out details of how buildings can be decarbonised and...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ...in doing so declare my interest as on the register and that I am a member of Peers for the Planet. As the noble Baroness said, the amendment has also been signed by the noble Lords, Lord Foster of Bath and Lord Whitty, and I am sure that I send the best wishes of the whole House to the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, for a speedy recovery. Let me say something first about energy efficiency before...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman, and to support her in this amendment, along with the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath, who has also added his name to it. I declare my interests as published in the register. I am also a member of Peers for the Planet. It sounds like saying that I am a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, not that I have ever had to do...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ...Authorities CIL Charging Authorities 2017-18 Babergh £514,446.85 Barnet £11,215,000.00 Basingstoke & Deane First revenue will be reported in 2018/19 Bassetlaw £734,775.37 Bath & North-East Somerset £5,080,557.07 Bedford £3,203,351.91 Birmingham £2,207,929.60 Bournemouth BC £992,707.37 Bracknell Forest £4,366,101.09 Bradford £0.00 Brent...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ..., or are currently the subject of, an electoral review conducted by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Those authorities are: Allerdale; Ashford; Babergh; Basingstoke and Deane; Bath and North East Somerset; Bolsover; Carlisle; Cheshire West and Chester; Chichester; Copeland; Crawley; Dartford; Dover; East Cambridgeshire; East Devon; East Hampshire; Eastbourne; Forest of...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ...very relevant to that area. The noble Lord, Lord Hunt, referred to the crowded nature of some cities and the Government’s policies to make sure we have something that will counter the effect of Bath becoming too crowded. This is again something that has to come from the bottom up, but it is a point well made, and we see towns such as Margate, which was referred to in the debate, coming...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: My Lords, I am aware that outside London there are undoubtedly many possibilities for the sort of let the noble Lord describes. He cited the Lake District, and there are other areas such as Bath, the Cotswolds, Oxford and Cambridge. I am meeting Airbnb to discuss its response to the concerns expressed, which has been favourable. There are other providers as well, which I will be seeking to...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ..., to be considered. This order brings to life the devolution deal that the Government agreed with the West of England councils in March 2016. We are taking forward this deal with three councils—Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol City Council, and South Gloucestershire. As noble Lords may be aware, North Somerset Council was also initially part of the deal but later decided that it did...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ....5 3.4 4.2 Tameside 2.2 3.0 3.7 Trafford 2.5 3.4 4.2 Wakefield 3.4 4.6 5.7 Walsall 3.1 4.1 5.2 Wigan 3.2 4.2 5.3 Wirral 3.6 4.8 6.0 Wolverhampton 2.6 3.5 4.4 Bath & North East Somerset UA 2.4 3.2 3.9 Bedford UA 2.3 3.0 3.8 Blackburn with Darwen UA 1.3 1.8 2.2 Blackpool UA 1.4 1.9 2.4 Bournemouth UA 2.4 3.2 4.0 Bracknell Forest...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ...detract from this very specific matter, which I believe he supports. Certainly the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, indicated support for it from the Front Bench. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath, for the general support he offered. I know he has a good history on this issue in the Commons. We will be looking at the website in the light of his comments on the general position and the...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ...Green Belt is larger than it was in 1997 if we disregard land re-classified as national park. 2014-15 Area of designated Green Belt land 2014/15 (hectares) Change from 2013/14 (hectares) Bath and North East Somerset 24,690 -100 (0%) -100 Bolton 7,230 -50 (-1%) -50 Broxtowe 5,130 -20 (0%) -20 Cheshire West and Chester 39,170 -60 (0%) -60 Christchurch 3,270...
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth: ...to strengthen the scheme, such as negotiating the market stability reserve. However, on what is, I think, at the very least a significant change, we need to beware of throwing out the baby with the bath-water. We do not want to imply a loss of faith in the EU emissions trading system as a means of achieving least-cost decarbonisation by decoupling our carbon budget regime from it. Instead,...