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Calendar
Monday 5th February 2024 Lord Best (Crossbench - Life peer) Oral questions - Main Chamber Subject: Higher standards of accessibility for all new homes View calendar

Division Votes
29 Mar 2023 - Windsor Framework (Democratic Scrutiny) Regulations 2023 - View Vote Context Lord Best voted No and in line with the House One of 28 Crossbench No votes vs 2 Crossbench Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 14 Noes - 227

Speeches
Lord Best speeches from: Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Lord Best contributed 1 speech (1,105 words) Committee stage Thursday 20th April 2023 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House
Lord Best speeches from: Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Lord Best contributed 4 speeches (1,309 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Tuesday 18th April 2023 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House
Lord Best speeches from: Public Transport in Towns and Cities Lord Best contributed 1 speech (780 words) Monday 17th April 2023 - Grand Committee Department for Transport
Lord Best speeches from: Housebuilding Lord Best contributed 1 speech (75 words) Thursday 30th March 2023 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Best speeches from: Supported Housing Lord Best contributed 1 speech (532 words) Thursday 30th March 2023 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Best speeches from: Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Lord Best contributed 1 speech (528 words) Committee stage Monday 27th March 2023 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lord Best speeches from: Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Lord Best contributed 1 speech (653 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Wednesday 22nd March 2023 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House
Lord Best speeches from: Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2023 Lord Best contributed 1 speech (742 words) Wednesday 22nd March 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions
Lord Best speeches from: Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill Lord Best contributed 1 speech (489 words) Committee stage: Part 2 Wednesday 22nd March 2023 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Written Answers
Schools: Fire Prevention Asked by: Lord Best (Crossbench - Life peer) Thursday 6th April 2023 Question to the Department for Education: To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish a response to their consultation Building Bulletin 100: Fire Safety Design for Schools, which closed on 18 August 2021. Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education) The department takes fire safety in schools very seriously. This is why the consultation draft of ‘BB100: Fire Safety Design for Schools’ proposed multiple interventions to further improve the already high fire safety standards of school buildings. The department has been reviewing and evaluating the evidence submitted before, during, and post consultation, and will publish the response to the consultation and updated guidance in due course.
Building Regulations Asked by: Lord Best (Crossbench - Life peer) Tuesday 18th April 2023 Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the conclusion of Workstream 10 of their Technical review of Approved Document B, relating to property protection. Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The report will be published in due course.

Written Answers

Schools: Fire Prevention
Asked by: Lord Best (Crossbench - Life peer)
Thursday 6th April 2023

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish a response to their consultation Building Bulletin 100: Fire Safety Design for Schools, which closed on 18 August 2021.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Shadow Minister (Education)

The department takes fire safety in schools very seriously. This is why the consultation draft of ‘BB100: Fire Safety Design for Schools’ proposed multiple interventions to further improve the already high fire safety standards of school buildings.

The department has been reviewing and evaluating the evidence submitted before, during, and post consultation, and will publish the response to the consultation and updated guidance in due course.

Building Regulations
Asked by: Lord Best (Crossbench - Life peer)
Tuesday 18th April 2023

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish the conclusion of Workstream 10 of their Technical review of Approved Document B, relating to property protection.

Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The report will be published in due course.

Lord Best mentioned

Parliamentary Debates
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill 150 speeches (46,241 words) Committee stage Thursday 20th April 2023 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) Before I do so, I commend the noble Lord, Lord Best, on eventually achieving the victory which he sought - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) I am afraid I found the Minister’s comments on the amendment proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Best, a - Link to Speech 3: None We also support the very sensible Amendment 269, submitted by the noble Lord, Lord Best. - Link to Speech
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill 78 speeches (25,662 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Tuesday 18th April 2023 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: None I turn to the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Best. - Link to Speech 2: Lord Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich (Bishops - Bishops) I particularly support Amendment 207 proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Best, to which my colleague the - Link to Speech 3: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) A week after I raised this with the noble Lord, Lord Best, a chairman was appointed, and I hope that - Link to Speech
London & Quadrant Housing Trust 0 speeches (None words) Monday 17th April 2023 - Petitions Mentions: 1: None The Government established an independent working group, chaired by Lord Best, to raise standards across - Link to Speech
Public Transport in Towns and Cities 32 speeches (16,121 words) Monday 17th April 2023 - Grand Committee Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lord Carrington of Fulham (CON - Life peer) I am very pleased to follow my friend, the noble Lord, Lord Best, because he said all the things I would - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) noble Lords, Lord Haselhurst and Lord Shipley, the noble Baroness, Lady Eaton, and the noble Lords, Lord Best - Link to Speech 3: Lord Moylan (CON - Life peer) matter of local choice.A large number of participants in the debate—the noble Lords, Lord Shipley and Lord Best - Link to Speech
Easter Adjournment 35 speeches (17,152 words) Thursday 30th March 2023 - Westminster Hall Mentions: 1: Bob Blackman (CON - Harrow East) Lord Best is piloting it, as he did for my previous private Member’s Bill. - Link to Speech
Supported Housing 24 speeches (7,410 words) Thursday 30th March 2023 - Grand Committee Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (LAB - Life peer) providing dangerously inadequate housing and support services for vulnerable people.The noble Lord, Lord Best - Link to Speech 2: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) The noble Lord, Lord Best, may talk a little more about the less scrupulous providers, who come to the - Link to Speech 3: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) and licensing measures in the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Bill—which the noble Lord, Lord Best - Link to Speech
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill 126 speeches (37,698 words) Committee stage Monday 27th March 2023 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Ravensdale (CB - Excepted Hereditary) I thank my supporters: the noble Lords, Lord Best and Lord Stunell, and the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman - Link to Speech 2: Lord Stunell (LDEM - Life peer) thinking in new ways about how to use and reuse existing buildings—a point that the noble Lord, Lord Best - Link to Speech 3: None is never going to last”—that seems a terrible indictment, for the reasons that the noble Lords, Lord Best - Link to Speech 4: None As the noble Lord, Lord Best, said, the substantial portion of UK carbon emissions that buildings and - Link to Speech 5: None In last Wednesday’s debate, the noble Lords, Lord Best and Lord Young, had an amendment talking about - Link to Speech
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill 83 speeches (23,683 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Wednesday 22nd March 2023 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Earl of Lytton (CB - Excepted Hereditary) In respect of what the noble Lord, Lord Best, said, the thing about a platform such as Airbnb is its - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (LAB - Life peer) subject were withdrawn on Monday, I hope that we come back to this, as suggested by the noble Lord, Lord Best - Link to Speech 3: Lord Young of Cookham (CON - Life peer) loophole.While I am on my feet, I will speak briefly to Amendment 221 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Best - Link to Speech
Rent Officers (Housing Benefit and Universal Credit Functions) (Modification) Order 2023 16 speeches (5,179 words) Wednesday 22nd March 2023 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (GRN - Life peer) in that situation through absolutely no fault of their own but as a result of—as the noble Lord, Lord Best - Link to Speech 2: None I noted all the comments made by the noble Lord, Lord Best, in this debate. - Link to Speech 3: None I will pick up some points made about the private rented sector by the noble Lords, Lord Best and Lord - Link to Speech 4: None Further on the private rented sector, to respond to the noble Lords, Lord Kennedy and Lord Best, we also - Link to Speech 5: None government contribution, to answer questions from the noble Baroness, Lady Lister, and the noble Lord, Lord Best - Link to Speech
Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill 23 speeches (7,665 words) Committee stage: Part 2 Wednesday 22nd March 2023 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Bishop of Manchester (Bishops - Bishops) My Lords, I support Amendment 221 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Best, to which, as he indicated - Link to Speech 2: None The noble Lords, Lord Best and Lord Young, raised issues about the extraordinary delay in the appointment - Link to Speech 3: None I support Amendment 221, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Best, on older people’s housing, as did the right - Link to Speech 4: Baroness Scott of Bybrook (CON - Life peer) note that there is a question from my noble friend Lord Young and the noble Lord, Lord Best, on the - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 18th April 2023 Oral Evidence - Environment Court of New South Wales The impact of environmental regulations on development - Built Environment Committee Found: 18 April 2023 11.40 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Moylan (The Chair); Lord Berkeley; Lord Best
Tuesday 18th April 2023 Oral Evidence - Landmark Chambers, and Pinsent Masons LLP The impact of environmental regulations on development - Built Environment Committee Found: 18 April 2023 10.40 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Moylan (The Chair); Lord Berkeley; Lord Best
Tuesday 28th March 2023 Oral Evidence - British Property Federation, and Fisher German The impact of environmental regulations on development - Built Environment Committee Found: 28 March 2023 10.40 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Moylan (The Chair); Lord Berkeley; Lord Best
Tuesday 21st March 2023 Oral Evidence - National Infrastructure Planning Association, and East West Rail Built Environment Committee Found: 21 March 2023 10.30 am Watch the meeting Members present: Lord Moylan (The Chair); Lord Berkeley; Lord Best
Friday 25th June 2021 Oral Evidence - Channel 4, and Channel 4 Channel 4, and Channel 4 Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: Q67 Kevin Brennan: Lord Best in 2016, as Chair of the Lords Communications and Digital Committee,
Monday 14th June 2021 Oral Evidence - Ben Beadle (Chief Executive Officer at National Residential Landlords Association), Paul Sylvester (Head of Housing Options at Bristol City Council), and Jon Sparkes (Chief Executive at Crisis) National Residential Landlords Association, Bristol City Council, and Crisis Work and Pensions Committee Found: We need to take the first step and Lord Best probably puts forward a sensible first step.
Wednesday 4th March 2020 Inquiry Publications - 7th Report - Scrutiny of international agreements; treaties considered on 3 March 2020 European Union Committee Found: EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee Lord Jay of Ewelme (Chair) Lord Best Baroness Jolly Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
Wednesday 12th February 2020 Inquiry Publications - 6th Report - Scrutiny of international agreements; treaties considered on 11 February 2020 European Union Committee Found: EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee Lord Jay of Ewelme (Chair) Lord Best Baroness Jolly Lord Kirkhope of
Wednesday 5th February 2020 Inquiry Publications - 4th Report - Scrutiny of international agreements; treaties considered on 4 February 2020 European Union Committee Found: EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee Lord Jay of Ewelme (Chair) Lord Best Baroness Jolly Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate
Thursday 30th January 2020 Inquiry Publications - 3rd Report - Scrutiny of international agreements; treaties considered on 29 January 2020 European Union Committee Found: EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee Lord Jay of Ewelme (Chair) Lord Best Baroness Jolly Lord Kirkhope of
Wednesday 22nd January 2020 Inquiry Publications - 2nd Report: Scrutiny of international agreements; treaties considered on 21 January 2020 European Union Committee Found: EU Home Affairs Sub-Committee Lord Jay of Ewelme (Chair) Lord Best Baroness Jolly Lord Kirkhope of

Bill Documents
Apr. 20 2023 HL Bill 84-XI Eleventh marshalled list for Committee Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST 269_ After Clause 106, insert the following new Clause— “Large sites for housing
Apr. 18 2023 HL Bill 84-X Tenth marshalled list for Committee Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST 269_ After Clause 106, insert the following new Clause— “Large sites for housing
Apr. 14 2023 HL Bill 84-IX Ninth marshalled list for Committee Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST LORD YOUNG OF COOKHAM THE LORD BISHOP OF CHELMSFORD 207_ Schedule 7, page 290, line
Mar. 23 2023 HL Bill 84-VIII Eighth Marshalled list for Committee Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 Amendment Paper Found: LORD BEST THE LORD BISHOP OF CHELMSFORD 336_ Schedule 11, page 347, line 25, at end insert “

Lord Best - Select Committee Information

Calendar
Wednesday 26th April 2023 10 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Private Meeting View calendar
Tuesday 18th April 2023 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Office for Students At 10:30am: Oral evidence Chloe Field - Vice President For Higher Education at National Union of Students At 11:30am: Oral evidence Martha Longdon - Former Chair at OfS Student Panel Francesco Masala - Former member at OfS Student Panel View calendar
Tuesday 25th April 2023 10:15 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Office for Students View calendar
Tuesday 2nd May 2023 10:30 a.m. Industry and Regulators Committee - Oral evidence Subject: The work of the Office for Students At 10:30am: Oral evidence Nicola Owen - Deputy Chief Executive (Operations) at Lancaster University, and Chair at Association of Heads of University Administration Erica Conway - Chief Financial Officer at University of Birmingham, and Chair at British Universities Finance Directors Group At 11:30am: Oral evidence Mack Marshall - Education Officer at Newcastle University Students’ Union Rania Regaieg - Chair of the Board of Trustees, Director and President of the Students’ Union at University of the West of England View calendar

Select Committee Documents
Tuesday 28th March 2023 Oral Evidence - University Alliance, and Universities UK The work of the Office for Students - Industry and Regulators Committee
Tuesday 28th March 2023 Oral Evidence - MillionPlus - The Association for Modern Universities, and Independent Higher Education The work of the Office for Students - Industry and Regulators Committee
Tuesday 7th February 2023 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Hollick to Andrew Griffith MP and Laura Trott MP concerning LDI Industry and Regulators Committee
Wednesday 1st March 2023 Declarations of interest - Declarations of Interest -General (Industry and Regulators Committee) Industry and Regulators Committee
Tuesday 21st March 2023 Oral Evidence - The University of Manchester, and The University of Lincoln The work of the Office for Students - Industry and Regulators Committee
Tuesday 21st March 2023 Oral Evidence - The University of Hull, and University of Birmingham The work of the Office for Students - Industry and Regulators Committee
Friday 11th June 2021 Oral Evidence - HM Treasury, and HM Treasury HM Treasury, and HM Treasury Industry and Regulators Committee
Monday 5th July 2021 Correspondence - Letter from Lord Hollick to Kemi Badenoch MP- Government Plan on Growth Industry and Regulators Committee
Wednesday 30th June 2021 Correspondence - Letter from Exchequer Secretary Following 8 June Committee session Industry and Regulators Committee
Thursday 15th July 2021 Oral Evidence - LexisNexis Risk Solutions UK & Ireland, and UK Finance LexisNexis Risk Solutions UK & Ireland, and UK Finance Industry and Regulators Committee

Lord Best mentioned in Scottish results

Scottish Government Publications
Tuesday 25th October 2022 Local Government and Housing Directorate Source Page: Housing Affordability Working Group minutes: May 2022 Document: Housing Affordability Working Group minutes: May 2022 (webpage) Found: Everyone: Read over Lord Best Affordability Commission - important document to look atEveryone: Talk