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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate; I will address the points that have been raised during our discussion. I am grateful to the noble Lords, Lord…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will also speak to Motions B, B1, C, C1, D, E and E1, which are grouped together. It is a great pleasure to bring the Planning and Infrastructure Bill back to the…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to the debate. I am grateful for their engagement on the important matters that have been the subject of this group. I will…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI have not made an approach to these organisations, so I do not want to commit them to doing this, but if the Environmental Audit Committee or the Office for Environmental…24 Nov 2025HANSARDFair Funding ReviewWe continue to explore this. It is very important that local authorities are able to set in their local plans the targets that they think are appropriate for their local areas. We…24 Nov 2025HANSARDFair Funding ReviewThe first thing we did was restore the mandatory housing targets because, first, it did not make any sense to us. We wanted to deliver an overall target across the country but we…24 Nov 2025HANSARDFair Funding ReviewI very much agree. I have seen on the front line how cuts to local government funding have affected so much the provision of social activities, culture and leisure in our…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMoved by That this House do not insist on its Amendment 38, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 38A.24 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMoved by That this House do not insist on its Amendment 37, to which the Commons have disagreed for their Reason 37A. 37A: Because the Commons consider that measures in respect of…24 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, with the permission of the House, I will speak also to Motions H1, K and K1. I thank the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Norwich and the noble Baroness, Lady…24 Nov 2025HANSARDInfrastructure Planning (Business or Commercial Projects) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 15 October be approved. Relevant document: 39th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (special attention…20 Nov 2025HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesThe National Planning Policy Framework is very clear that housing and most other types of development should not be permitted in functional flood plains—that is, in flood zone…20 Nov 2025HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesI agree with the noble Lord that early engagement with the local planning authority, the Environment Agency and the relevant water and sewerage companies, as appropriate, can help…20 Nov 2025HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesOf course our regulatory system is important in helping and supporting the management of the development of the number of new homes we want to deliver. But we have taken a step…20 Nov 2025HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesThe recent issues in Monmouthshire—we are terribly sorry for the people there; they have had a dreadful time over the past few days—make us even more determined to support the…20 Nov 2025HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesThat too is probably a question for my Defra colleagues to answer, but I will come back to the noble Baroness with a written response.20 Nov 2025HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesWe were very grateful for the work of the Independent Water Commission. As the noble Duke says, it is not my department that is working through the procedures needed to reply to…20 Nov 2025HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesI have been greatly involved in the issues around internal drainage boards and the constant tensions in their financing over the years. Internal drainage boards are not statutory…20 Nov 2025HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesI thank the noble Baroness for her constant interest in this subject through many of the pieces of legislation that she and I have debated across the Chamber. There is no…20 Nov 2025HANSARDWater and Sewerage Companies: Statutory ConsulteesMy Lords, water companies must by law provide new water and sewerage connections to housing through drainage and wastewater management plans. As relevant statutory undertakers in…20 Nov 2025