Lord Carrington — Hansard — Westminster Brief

Lords Statutory Instrument 27 April 2026

Agriculture (Delinked Payments) (Reductions) (England) Regulations 2026

My Lords, listening to this debate, it becomes apparent just how diverse our nation’s agriculture is. For every remark by one speaker, there is probably someone who knows about agriculture in a different part of the country, in a different sector, where it is not directly relevant. But the message t…

Lords Oral Questions 24 March 2026

Renters’ Rights Act: Definition of Court Readiness

I do not think we should exaggerate the situation as it currently stands. The Ministry of Justice quarterly possession statistics show that median timeliness for claim to order is 7.3 weeks and that the median average time from landlord claim to repossession is 27 weeks. However, not all landlords w…

Lords Oral Questions 11 March 2026

Sustainable Farming Incentive: Small Farms

The noble Lord raises a really important point. There are a number of challenges for farming around things such as electricity prices, and oil is now being affected by the ongoing war. We are critically aware of that. It is not just farming; there are a number of industries where these kinds of pres…

Lords Oral Questions 11 February 2026

Renters’ Rights Act: Implementation

If the noble Lord is referring to the minimum energy efficiency standards implementation, we have published our response to the consultation on those standards in the private rented sector. We have listened to the voices from across that sector. The response confirmed our decision to set new regulat…

Lords Oral Questions 5 February 2026

Construction Industry: Timber

As I mentioned earlier, we do not think the amount of imported timber is the way forward, and we have to change that. The noble Lord said that 10% is homegrown; our figures are that 80% is imported. It is important that we look at how best to turn that around. Importing huge amounts of end-product i…

Lords Proceedings 13 November 2025

Biodiversity and the Countryside

My Lords, I join in the chorus of gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Grayling, for bringing this matter before the House. There are never too many occasions to raise this, and the level of expertise, passion and dedication shown should come as no surprise—it certainly comes as no surprise to me, and …

Lords Debate 14 October 2025

Renters’ Rights Bill

I thank your Lordships for your contributions to the debate on this matter. What I drew from it is how much we all value what carers do for all our people in need of care. I look forward to the review by the noble Baroness, Lady Casey, to help the caring market, which is coming out next week. One o…

Lords Oral Questions 15 September 2025 3 contributions

Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards: Cost Caps for Landlords

My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper. In doing so, I declare my interest in the private rented sector, with rented cottages in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire.

My Lords, all renters deserve warm and safe homes. Both consultations on the minimum energy efficiency standards for private and social rented homes sought views on the options of a £10,000 and £15,000 maximum spend requirement. During the consultation, we engaged extensively with a broad range of s…

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Lords Oral Questions 9 September 2025

Pension Funds: Use of UK-listed Investment Companies

I am afraid I do not know the specific answer to the noble Lord’s question. I will happily write to him to clarify.

Lords Debate 21 July 2025

Renters’ Rights Bill

My Lords, for the thousands of renters and the good landlords who have been disadvantaged by the actions of rogue landlords around this country, not to mention the local authorities that have had to pick up the pieces of the failure to act over the last 14 years, which has created the worst housing …

Lords Debate 15 July 2025 3 contributions

Renters’ Rights Bill

My Lords, I support the amendment, but I want to concentrate on a slightly different aspect, which came up in the intervention by the noble Lord, Lord Hacking, and remarks made by the noble Baroness, Lady Scott. The noble Lord referred to the fact that rogue landlords will ignore whatever we put in …

My Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 122 and welcome the support of the noble Lord, Lord Hacking. The amendment aims to introduce a transition period of three months for new assured tenancies and six months for existing tenancies before the Bill’s provisions take effect. Much of the debate sur…

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Lords Debate 1 July 2025 3 contributions

Renters’ Rights Bill

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 34 and the associated Amendments 35, 36 and 40 in my name and kindly supported by the noble Lord, Lord Hacking. First, I thank the Minister, the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, for her ongoing engagement with me and other noble Lords and Baronesses throughout the st…

My Lords, I very much thank the Minister for her answers to my various questions. However, I also point out that her agreement to work on the amendment from the noble Baroness, Lady Wolf, is an extremely positive step and I look forward to the results of that. However, with considerable sadness, I …

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Lords Debate 1 July 2025 4 contributions

Renters’ Rights Bill

My Lords, I support Amendment 22 from the noble Earl, Lord Leicester. I declare my direct interests in the private rented sector, with lettings of cottages in Buckinghamshire and Lincolnshire, and in direct farming and agricultural lettings in those counties. I said in Committee that a number of Bil…

My Lords, I shall speak also on Amendments 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17. I apologise that there are so many; I actually tabled only one but the Table Office divided it. The amendments cover grounds for possession as they relate to self-employed agricultural workers. It is clearly understood that th…

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Lords Debate 6 May 2025

Renters’ Rights Bill

I shall speak to Amendment 126A and to support the noble Earls, Lord Caithness and Lord Leicester. I had not intended to speak on this, but it is a point that there is a big difference between pets in rural properties and pets in urban properties. Speaking as someone who lets rural properties, I hav…