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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Jardine. Is this proposed to become the default across Government? In my experience as a magistrate, large numbers of people do…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)Further to that point of order, Ms Jardine, I accept that it was a discussion between me, as the Opposition Whip, and the Labour Whip yesterday, which is the usual channel through…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)My hon. Friend is setting out the concerns eloquently. The Minister was clear earlier that the Government’s expectation is that this system will raise no net additional funds…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)I have total sympathy with what the Minister is saying, and understand the point that the Member for the hon. Member for North Herefordshire is seeking to address. Does the…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)My hon. Friend the Member for Keighley and Ilkley was particularly concerned about a situation where, in order to fulfil the requirements of the EDP, the compulsory purchase of…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)Lib Dems missing in action.15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree—he is making this point very clearly—that the risk with this process, and with the lack of clarity around the process behind the regulations, is that it…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)I had not quite appreciated quite how ill the Minister’s intentions were in respect of our black and white furry friends. It is clear that they have been singled out by the…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)This is a slightly technical question, but what consideration will be given to regional and local variation in the levels of cost? My hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair this afternoon, Mrs Hobhouse. I wanted to set out briefly the views of the Opposition, in addition to what my hon. Friend the…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eighth sitting)The Minister mentioned moving to a cost recovery basis. Earlier, I mentioned a weakness of section 106: by the time funds are accumulated, maybe over a five or 10-year period,…14 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Seventh sitting)My apologies, Dr Huq, for my late arrival to the Committee. I am grateful to the shadow Minister, my hon. Friend the Member for Hamble Valley, for moving the amendment, which…14 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Seventh sitting)Again, at the risk of a political love-in taking place, I am grateful to the Minister for the way in which he has dealt with all of the debates extremely courteously, and he has…14 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Seventh sitting)On a point of order, Dr Huq. May I seek your guidance? My hon. Friend the Member for Hamble Valley, the shadow Minister, has spoken to two amendments tabled in my name, which we…14 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Seventh sitting)Further to that point of order, Dr Huq. I return to the question: can you indicate when in the Committee proceedings we will return to vote on those amendments?14 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Seventh sitting)On a point of order, Dr Huq. The groupings have been negotiated by the Whips. The Chair’s selection of amendments is in that order, and votes have followed that process.14 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eighth sitting)This is an important and much debated issue. I would be grateful if the Minister could share with the Committee whether he has given consideration to bringing this issue within…14 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eighth sitting)When we were drafting amendment 78, we gave a good deal of consideration to the direction of travel set out by the Government. The concerns that underlay the drafting were…14 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eighth sitting)Yes, I know.14 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eighth sitting)One question that frequently arises when there is a challenge to a development through the process of judicial review is about whether the processes of consultation have been…14 May 2025