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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe intervention by the noble Baroness, Lady Laing, seemed to distance where somebody lives from their behaviours. The intervention she made was irrelevant. The fact is that the…04 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 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI will continue. Why has it taken five years for the Conservatives to wake up to the fact, as they seem to think now, there is a principled planning issue associated with using…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillNo, I am not taking any further interventions. The failure of this approach is that, if hotels are not used, what other temporary accommodation is going to be used for asylum…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 85 in my name seeks to explore the extent and purpose of the compensation proposed for new energy infrastructure, particularly with regard to electrical…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillGrayling?24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I just query the assertion made by the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, that it is a planning authority that deals with run-off. It is if there is a planning application, when…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am awake, my Lords. It has been quite a long afternoon, has it not? Amendment 54 in my name and that of my noble friend Lady Pidgeon was tabled some time ago, so everyone will…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThis may be a first for me in this House to have a Minister listening to the arguments and thinking, “Maybe this needs further thought and consideration”. I congratulate the…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, on the opening day in Committee it is always good to start with a discussion about the basis of the Bill—the principles that form the fundamentals of the Planning and…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillAmendments upon amendments upon amendments is a novel approach for me. I too thank everyone who has engaged with this debate; it has been a positive and constructive one that I…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, began this group in talking about the tensions that are to be found in creating the balance between getting the critical infrastructure that…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I apologise for not preceding the noble Baroness, Lady Scott. Amendment 17 would remove the required consent for the construction of or extensions to a generating…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendments 24 and 25, in my name, relate to Clause 4, in which the Government seek to remove certain pre-application requirements. I am concerned about two of these. The…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, first of all, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Coffey and Lady Bennett, my noble friend Lady Miller and the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, for their supportive words on my…17 Jul 2025