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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords for tabling these amendments relating to housing design, accessibility and homelessness solutions. Amendment 89 would require spatial development…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 106, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, seeks—as we have heard—to make it a statutory requirement for local planning authorities, either separately or…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am not going to mention any international superstar bands this evening for fear of getting myself into any more hot water with the Guardian . However, though it is…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendments 99 and 108 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, return to measures in the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023. As your Lordships will recall, in…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Norwich for Amendments 93 and 94, which propose additional statutory obligations…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, before I address the amendments, I should say that I circulated a diagram of the respective responsibilities of, and links between, spatial development strategies, local…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am very grateful to the noble Baroness for making those points. The best thing might be to have another meeting outside the Chamber to discuss what we might do. I understand the…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI think I made it clear that the danger in the amendment is in doing just what the noble Baroness has spoken against. We want to move the remediation acceleration forward as…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am grateful to noble Lords for raising these important issues with their Amendment 87FD on the remediation of buildings by developers and I pay tribute to the noble Earl, Lord…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, for moving Amendment 87B, which would require all biodiversity information generated during a planning application to be submitted…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Coffey, for Amendment 87, which would require decision-makers to take account of the environmental delivery plans when making a planning…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillIt was the austerity programme that kicked the stuffing out of local government’s ability to support the cultural life of our country. I was there, so I remember that happening.27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I hesitate to step into this very knotty lawyer’s wrangle, but it is necessary to do so because our common aim across the House is to sort out Hillside. We all know why…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 100 proposes placing the sequential and exception tests on a statutory footing. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, for her amendment. We share the view…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 87G tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, seeks to ensure that the Secretary of State can establish strategic planning boards in areas that include a national…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this very interesting debate for the very valuable contributions we have heard this afternoon. I have engaged with many…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 87FA, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh, seeks to ensure that water and sewerage undertakers are consulted by applicants for development consent…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 97A, tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, seeks to ensure that any spatial development strategy that had been prepared by an authority remains in place for…27 Oct 2025HANSARDAbsent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his comments. I thank all noble Lords for their contributions to and support for the Bill, and particularly my noble friend Lord Murphy of…24 Oct 2025HANSARDUnauthorised Entry to Football Matches BillI remind the noble Lord that he is now well over his time. Can he please bring his remarks to a close?24 Oct 2025