Lord Kennedy of Southwark - Contributions

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

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Lords, Life peer (2010 - present)

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Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

I am very happy with that explanation from the noble Lord and very happy to withdraw my amendment.

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

I am very happy that the department does this. My issue with the reviews is that the Government never come to a conclusion.

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

My Lords, the previous couple of debates have highlighted why this amendment is needed. We have talked about the effects of the Bill—although it is a small Bill—particularly with regard to council tax payers and empty properties. I think it is worth havi...

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

My Lords, briefly, I endorse the comments made in the debate so far, particularly those from the noble Lord, Lord Deben. He is absolutely right. Suffolk is a beautiful part of the world. I know that as well as him; I spend a fair bit of time down there....

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this short debate. I am happy to withdraw my amendment at this stage. This amendment and those in the previous group were designed to explore whether we have got this right. I may wish to come back to these amen...

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

My Lords, this amendment, which has already been referred to, seeks to change the length of time specified in the definition of a long-term empty property from two years to one. As with the amendments in the previous group, it is an attempt to improve th...

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

My Lords, this is an interesting group of amendments. My amendment in this group is Amendment 6, which simply seeks to increase to 200% the amount of extra council tax that can be levied on an empty property. We all agree that we want to bring long-term...

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

I fully support the noble Earl in his Amendment 3. I think we all deal online very much more now in our work and in terms of official and unofficial things, so this is a very sensible amendment.

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

That would be very helpful. Does the Minister have any estimate of the amount of money involved for local government? I accept that people have had the benefit of these sums of money for a period of time but, equally, everyone was surprised by the judgme...

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

Is the Minister saying that the Chancellor did or did not say in the Budget that the Government were going to reimburse local government on these matters? I understood that the Chancellor had announced that the Government were going to reimburse local go...

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

My Lords, I remind the House of my relevant interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. Amendment 2 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, goes to the heart of the first part of the Bill, namely the positions some local authori...

Rating (Property in Common Occupation) and Council Tax (Empty Dwellings) Bill

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

My Lords, briefly, the amendment in the name of the noble Earl raises an important point and I am happy to support it. As he said, this is a simple administrative change that could help people.

Short-Term Holiday Lets

Lords Chamber on 19 June 201819/06/2018

My Lords, I refer the House to my relevant interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. The noble Baroness, Lady Gardner of Parkes, has raised this issue many times and we are grateful to her for that. Is the noble Lord satisfied tha...

Immigration: Hostile Environment

Lords Chamber on 14 June 201814/06/2018

My Lords, I can give the Minister some clarification. The debate started at 11.39 am, and as it is a three-hour debate, there are 20 more minutes left.

Immigration: Hostile Environment

Lords Chamber on 14 June 201814/06/2018

I thank the noble Baroness for giving way; it is very kind. We have raised this point before, but why are the Government not going with the right to rent committee? Instead, they have come back with the previous committee and are not going to include the...

Immigration: Hostile Environment

Lords Chamber on 14 June 201814/06/2018

My Lords, first I congratulate, as others have done, my noble friend Lord Bassam of Brighton on securing this debate today. This is a very topical debate focusing on the hostile environment policy towards illegal immigration impacting on those with resid...

Housing: Private Rented Sector

Lords Chamber on 14 June 201814/06/2018

My Lords, I refer the House to my relevant interests. While the overwhelming majority of private sector landlords do a good job, does the Minister agree that compulsory landlord licensing schemes, like the one in the London Borough of Newham, are an effe...

Client Money Protection Schemes for Property Agents (Approval and Designation of Schemes) Regulations 2018

Lords Chamber on 13 June 201813/06/2018

My Lords, I draw the attention of the House to my registered interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association. I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth, for bringing the regulations forward today. I know that he has worked hard...

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