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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportThere is much to be done in looking at local authority pension funds—I agree with the noble Baroness on that. We are working through that process. Of course, there is a balance to…03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportI hope my noble friend has been in the Chamber when I have spoken before about the £39 billion investment that our Government have made into social and affordable housing. We look…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the noble Lord, Lord Blencathra, for those kind comments about my noble friend Lady Hayman. She was here earlier this evening, but it was not fair to keep her here when…03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportMy noble friend has illustrated why we are setting about this fair funding review. It is for local authorities to decide at what rate they set their council tax. Of course, it has…03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportThe noble Lord raises an important issue around social care. He will know that the Government are committed to delivering reform to children’s social care and breaking the cycle…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Crown Development Applications) (Procedure and Written Representations) Order 2025My Lords, perhaps it is due to the many hours we have spent in the Chamber debating the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, but I agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, just…30 Oct 2025HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Crown Development Applications) (Procedure and Written Representations) Order 2025My Lords, the noble Baroness has spent many hours in this Chamber debating what we are doing elsewhere in the planning system to speed up decision-making. While I understand her…30 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I turn first to Amendment 134 tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, which would require conservation measures delivered by a landholding to be secured solely through…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this group of amendments seeks to examine the circumstances in which an environmental delivery plan, and the associated levy payment, could be mandatory. Amendment 164,…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am grateful for the opportunity to respond to the noble Lord, Lord Roborough. The noble Lord asked for further assurances in respect of how land acquired under CPO…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we turn to a series of government amendments that ensure that the NRF properly manages any potential cross-border effects and operates as intended in relation to Ramsar…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh of Pickering, for proposing these amendments, and for her persistence in these matters. I remember having long discussions with…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI have explained many times during the course of the debate on the Bill that, although the planning policy statements and the NPPF are not statutory in themselves, they are part…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe very nature of the EDP would do that anyway, because the action taken by the EDP must materially outweigh the impact of the development. If that is what the noble Lord is…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 148, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, would require the Secretary of State to bring forward regulations dealing with various matters within six…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, before I respond on this group of amendments, I convey my get-well wishes to my noble friend Lady Hayman of Ullock, who, as noble Lords will realise, very much hoped to…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank all noble Lords who have participated in this debate. Amendment 115, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Willis of Summertown, seeks to ensure that local plans comply with…29 Oct 2025