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HANSARDLocal Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Local Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025.03 Sept 2025HANSARDBuckinghamshire Council, Surrey County Council and Warwickshire County Council (Housing and Regeneration Functions) Regulations 2025My Lords, these regulations were laid before the House on 9 June and provide for the implementation of the devolution deals confirmed on 6 March 2024 between the previous…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBuckinghamshire Council, Surrey County Council and Warwickshire County Council (Housing and Regeneration Functions) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Buckinghamshire Council, Surrey County Council and Warwickshire County Council (Housing and Regeneration Functions) Regulations 2025.03 Sept 2025HANSARDLocal Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have contributed to this interesting debate. As noble Lords will know, I spent a lot of time on the same board that the noble Lord, Lord…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBuckinghamshire Council, Surrey County Council and Warwickshire County Council (Housing and Regeneration Functions) Regulations 2025I am grateful for the support of the noble Lord, Lord Jamieson, for this instrument. He is a fellow council leader; we often discussed these matters when we were both council…03 Sept 2025HANSARDLocal Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025I am grateful to the noble Lord for raising the issue and giving me the opportunity to clarify that. The noble Lord, Lord Shipley, referred to the history of the abolition of the…03 Sept 2025HANSARDLocal Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025It is not usual to have an impact statement for an instrument such as this. There will be an impact statement for the Bill, of course, when it comes forward with the local audit…03 Sept 2025HANSARDLocal Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025The uncertainty around this in the past couple of years has not helped. Once the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill goes through, and it is very clear to everybody…03 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI accept the noble Earl’s point. I am not fond of “in due course”, as he well knows—he has heard me say that many times. I will endeavour to find out what the timescales are…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 72 in my name seeks to leave out lines 12 and 13 on page 22 of the Bill, removing the additional definition of “qualifying distribution agreement”. It is a…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is reassuring to hear such a degree of consensus across the House that we all want to deliver the same thing from this—speeding up the connections process. I have…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI hope I picked up that question during my response. I will just check back to make sure that I got the wording right. I think that is the case but I will confirm it to the noble…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken on this group: the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, the noble Earl, Lord Russell, and the noble Baronesses, Lady Pinnock and Lady…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I do not have the hands-on experience of managing forestry that the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, does. My…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI will pass my noble friend’s comments on to the Defra Minister.01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendments 89, 92, 94A and 94B relate to Clause 28 and the protection of agricultural land. I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Hodgson and Lady Coffey, and the noble…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe noble Lord was referring specifically to climate impacts on food growing, which I felt was a bit ironic as we are trying to tackle the climate change that is bringing them…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThese are geographical schemes. As I said, we are increasing the size of schemes that will go to NSIP. Lastly, I am concerned that accepting this amendment would imply that there…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am sure that if the noble Baroness wished to put that forward in the land use framework it would be considered. I always worry about de minimis rules because there will always…01 Sept 2025