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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, proportionality is in the eye of the beholder; it depends on your perspective. These ideas—proportionality, reducing bureaucracy, speeding up small developments and…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is about “having regard to”. We have had that debate on other groups.11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendments 185K, 185L, 218 and 220 in my name follow on well from the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, which these Benches fully support. The noble…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillYes, it does.11 Sept 2025HANSARDHazards in Social Housing (Prescribed Requirements) (England) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank the Minister for bringing forward these important regulations in Grand Committee. The first concern I have is that the tragic death of Awaab occurred at the end…10 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is 1 am, and here we are debating a very important group of amendments. Whether all our brains will work well enough to give them the justice that they deserve, we…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am moving this amendment because I have my own amendment at the end of this short group of three. If other noble Lords wish to speak to the amendments in the name of…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we on these Benches welcome spatial development strategies. Strategic authorities should be encouraged to produce them because they provide coherence over a wider area…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I too will miss the noble Lord, Lord Khan, on the Government Front Bench. He always managed to respond to any questions I had with a smile. I even forgave him for living…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank everybody who has engaged in this quite important but narrow subject matter about housing policy and ageing communities. The noble Lord, Lord Best, is not able…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Teverson has raised an important aspect of the planning process in his amendment on planning enforcement. Planning enforcement can be a neglected…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this group of amendments on the composition of strategic planning boards is very important and, as the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, said, will vary across the different…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this is the second of two debates we have had this afternoon on the link between health and well-being on the one hand, and planning laws on the other. The second one,…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank all—well, nearly all—who have taken part in this short debate that has raised the issue of how important transparency and trust are in the planning process. It…09 Sept 2025HANSARDGrenfell Tower: Bureau VeritasMy Lords, prosecutions of those whose decisions led to the 72 deaths at Grenfell Tower—eight years ago, as we have heard—are not expected until 2027. Does the Minister agree that…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning Delivery: AccelerationMy Lords, the ONS reported that, of the 2.7 million homes that were given planning consent since 2015, only 1.7 million have actually been built, which means that 1.2 million are…08 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank everyone who has spoken in this debate about the practicalities of planning application decision-making. I thought the most telling point that the Minister made…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we now turn to the mechanics of making planning decisions. I accept the Government’s purpose in Clause 51 to drive greater consistency and expectations of the process by…04 Sept 2025