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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I very rarely disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Curry, because he knows a lot, and I very rarely disagree with the noble Lord, Lord Cromwell, because otherwise, he…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI look forward to a detailed account from the noble Lord as to what exactly he did say that night and what in the Telegraph article he denies that he said. Anyway, if we had cut…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the Minister for her clarification. That is a bit of a relief, to be frank, because most MHCLG Secretaries of State are not appointed for their depth of ecological…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, my Amendment 285AA is about the way in which the Secretary of State approves EDPs. As currently drafted, the Bill says: “The Secretary of State may make the EDP”— that…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her assurances about consequential or technical amendments being the only things that are envisaged by this provision, and that the…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak briefly to Amendments 351A and 351B. As currently drafted, Clause 89(2) gives the Government pretty sweeping powers to amend any other Acts of Parliament…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, on Amendment 345 on heritage trees, to which I put my name. This amendment echoes the key provisions of my heritage tree…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baronesses, Lady Parminter and Lady Willis, for supporting Amendment 256ZA which I have tabled. I support Amendment 245 in the name of the noble Lord,…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, very briefly, I support this amendment. If we pass legislation, it is important that we actually commence it. As the noble Baroness so ably presented, this is a real gap…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe noble Baroness might not thank me when she hears what I am about to say. I signed up in support of this amendment without realising that we were talking in exactly opposite…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I briefly remind the Committee, and also the Minister, that much of this could be avoided by implementing the land use framework approach to land use, which is a method…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Gascoigne, is right: we should keep species out of EDPs. A report will be published next week that shows the modelling of the EDP approach to a…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, briefly, I support Amendment 242 in the name of the noble Earl, Lord Russell, so ably introduced by the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter. I know that Ministers have said…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, since the noble Lord, Lord Lansley, referred to my amendments, I will talk to them briefly. First, I welcome the Government’s amendments in this group, which improve…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThere are three reactions coming to the fore about Part 3. A bunch of folk want to kill it because it is awful and unnecessary; a bunch of folk are predisposed to accept it,…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillIs this something the noble Earl would want extended to other government agencies? Is he envisaging that, with the Environment Agency, for example, all the powers should be held…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am afraid that I cannot give the House satisfaction by saying “Not moved”. Like my noble friend Lady Andrews, I feel that it is bad enough tabling amendments to your…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI support everything that the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, has just said about Amendment 178—apart from his remarks about my expertise in land use frameworks. I am not expert; I am…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 164 from the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, who has laid out the case very clearly. Local planning authorities are vital if the Government and we as…11 Sept 2025