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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 221 and 223, which are in my name. Before I do so, I should perhaps remind the Committee of the interest I declared at Second Reading: I have…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 227C in my name would insert a new clause after Clause 106 creating a duty to declare other approaches to purchase or lease land round about. As the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 325 in this group but, first, I would like to support the remarks made by my noble friends Lord Roborough and Lord Sandhurst. I echo what has…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. I am slightly mystified by the phrase that the Act provides a robust framework for resolving disputes. As somebody who has had…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am afraid that I am not completely in tune with my noble friend Lady Coffey, for which I hope she will forgive me. While I agree that maintenance and repairs are…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 152ZA and 216A. I hope that noble Lords will not think I am in any way discourteous, but I think that there has been a transposition of…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 215 is in my name, but I also support Amendment 157 and echo many of the words of the noble Baroness, Lady Grender. Amendment 215 would insert a new clause…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, and the noble Lords, Lord Carlile of Berriew, Lord Lucas and Lord Teverson, for tabling Amendment 145A, which I…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the Minister for his response and welcome him to his new role on the Front Bench. In doing so, I also pay tribute to the work of the noble Lord, Lord Khan, and echo what…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 123 in the names of the noble Lords, Lord Crisp, Lord Young of Cookham and Lord Carlile of Berriew, and the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillAmbitious. As the explanatory statement sets out, this amendment proposes a new clause after Clause 106 “to prevent ‘land banking’—the practice of purchasing undeveloped land and…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 222 and 224 in my name. Both refer to regeneration: supporting brownfield sites and repurposing buildings in preference to the use of new…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 227B, which is in my name and is reasonably similar to those of my noble friend Lady Coffey. I hope it is not aggressive.09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendments 115, 116 and 117 in my name address additions that, if included when a house was built, would help a home to be future-proofed and cheaper to run, and would…09 Sept 2025HANSARDAnimal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) BillMy Lords, I welcome this Bill, so ably introduced by the noble Lord, Lord Trees. His veterinarian background gives him great knowledge of and expertise in animals and animal…05 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendment 89 in my name. This amendment would insert a new clause after Clause 28 which would prohibit the development of solar power generation on…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the Minister for her extensive response and all noble Lords who have contributed to this debate, especially those who have given support. Many interesting points have been…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill01 Sept 2025