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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I remind the Committee of my recorded register of interests: I am a non-executive director and a board member of the Water Retail Company. I will speak to my Amendment…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank noble Lords who have taken part in the debate on this group of amendments. It has been a very useful group, and I note the unanimity around the House on these…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the amendments in group three are all on electricity distribution and cabling. I apologise that there is quite a lot of crossover between my amendment in this group and…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThat is not my intention. I apologise for not being able to respond to the noble Lord’s email this morning. It is not my intention to give compulsory purchase powers. This is…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this has been an interesting group of amendments, and I thank everyone who has tabled an amendment or taken part in the debate. I thank the Minister for responding so…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will respond briefly to this group of amendments on long-duration energy storage. We thank the noble Lord, Lord Fuller, for bringing forward Amendment 82A. These are…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for her response. She has mentioned the working paper in relation to several amendments, including mine. I welcome the words that she has given and…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillIn this group on the Forestry Commission’s actions and duties, I will speak briefly to my Amendment 88 and in support of Amendment 93, which was tabled by the noble Lord, Lord…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I open this group of amendments, which are all on local energy plans; my amendment proposes to insert a crucial new clause after Clause 28 of the Bill. It would mandate…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI withdraw my amendment.01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the amendments in this group are all on the extension of permitted development. My Amendment 77 concerns the extension of permitted development rights for low-voltage…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI welcome the Minister’s response to my amendment and the amendment in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Ravensdale. However, I am hearing from the Minister that this is not the…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 86 in this group on bill discount schemes and community benefits. It sets out a scheme for providing financial benefits to communities in…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to both amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt. On these Benches, we broadly support Amendment 51 and we support Amendment 91. Amendment 51 seeks…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, on these Benches we fully recognise the need for nuclear power and nuclear generation to be part of our baseload capacity, which is needed to combine with renewables as…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the fact that there are so many amendments on the issue of electric vehicles and electric HGVs shows, to my mind, that the Government have slightly missed a trick in not…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I really appreciate this amendment being tabled and the manner and the style in which it was presented. I welcome the noble Lord’s comments and speeches in this space.…24 Jul 2025