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HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Town and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025.25 Mar 2025HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025My Lords, these draft regulations were laid before the House on 13 February. They make consequential amendments to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and other primary…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025My Lords, this has been a helpful debate. As ever, our great experts on planning in the House contributed to a good discussion. I will, of course, attempt to answer all the…25 Mar 2025HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Fees and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025I am grateful to the noble Lord for reiterating those points. I set out that there is a set of criteria deeming whether an application is of national importance. The applicant…25 Mar 2025HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Safety RemediationThe noble Lord is quite right: we need to move this on as quickly as we can. It has dragged on for far too long already. As of March 2025, we have 39 developers signed up to the…24 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025I will answer the noble Lord’s point further in a moment. Following a question he asked me earlier, I checked the legal requirements, and my understanding is that all the legal…24 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025My Lords, that has been a really interesting debate. I understand and I have listened to the concerns around the Chamber. The Government have been very clear on our manifesto…24 Mar 2025HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Safety RemediationI totally agree with my noble friend. I was very pleased to hear yesterday that in the Spring Statement there will be an announcement of £600 million investment into the…24 Mar 2025HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Safety RemediationMy Lords, before I answer the noble Lord’s question, I pay tribute to all the campaigners and survivors of Grenfell who have moved this along, following seven years when little…24 Mar 2025HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Safety RemediationThe noble Lord is right to say that we can do better, which is why we have introduced the remediation acceleration plan. The plan’s targets provide greater certainty to residents,…24 Mar 2025HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Safety RemediationMy noble friend is right to point to the strains on social housing between remediation of all kinds of maintenance defects, including fire safety, and building new affordable…24 Mar 2025HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Safety RemediationI agree with the noble Lord that it is very important that the enforcement we set out is carried out. We have already committed £14 million to local authorities to build the…24 Mar 2025HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Safety RemediationThe remediation action plan points to the action that we need to take to move this on more quickly. Developers have determined whether work is required on about 80% of buildings…24 Mar 2025HANSARDHigh-rise Buildings: Safety RemediationThe noble Baroness is quite right to raise the issue of insurance premiums. Work has been going on to reduce those premiums for leaseholders. We have seen improvements for…24 Mar 2025HANSARDLocal Authorities (Changes to Years of Ordinary Elections) (England) Order 2025I hear the noble Baroness’s view, but the councils that have come forward feel that they need that reorganisation to enter properly into the devolution process. If we are going to…24 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 6 February be approved. Considered in Grand Committee on 3 March.05 Mar 2025HANSARDNon-Domestic Rating (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2025My Lords, with the leave of the House and on behalf of my noble friend Lord Khan, I beg to move the Motion standing in his name on the Order Paper.05 Mar 2025HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 13 January be approved. Relevant document: 15th Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee. Considered in Grand…05 Mar 2025HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025I am very grateful to noble Lords for their helpful comments and overall support for this increase in planning fees. As I said, it is something that the Local Government…03 Mar 2025HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2025That the Grand Committee do consider the Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional…03 Mar 2025