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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)Thank you, Ms Jardine. You have reminded me that I have the right to sum up, which I am happy to forgo in the interests of time. We will not push new clause 9 to a vote, so I beg…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)New clause 9 concerns healthy homes, and would ensure that national and local government plans are designed with a clear and explicit aim of improving the physical, mental and…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve on this Committee with you in the Chair, Ms Jardine. I, too, rise to support this clause, but I note that here we will mitigate “and” adapt to climate…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I simply make the brief point that there is a whole swathe of statutory requirements on planning—good design, sustainable development, mitigating climate change—and such legal…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I genuinely appreciate the Minister’s constructive response; I know that he is interested in and concerned about the issue. We all know that the industry will have objections to…20 May 2025HANSARDDefence Procurement: SMEsSomerset’s defence-related SMEs help to make the south-west the biggest region for defence after the south-east. Will the Secretary of State take a particular look at how SMEs are…19 May 2025HANSARDGender Self-identificationDoes my hon. Friend agree that we need to do more to protect trans people? In Somerset, for example, trans hate crimes have increased from 119 to 179. While providing women-only…19 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)Will the Minister give way?15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)I will spend a few moments on these amendments, because they concern the important oversight body, and I will speak to them together, so Committee members need not fear—I do not…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve on the Committee with you in the Chair, Dr Huq. Some points have already been made on the underlying point of amendment 14, so I will be reasonably…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)rose—15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister; I will give him an opportunity to move on to our amendment 14, which I hope he agrees is in the spirit of that approach. I sympathise with the point…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)Does the Minister know that the same “significant” test under the Environment Act 2021 has not been subject to a single legal challenge?15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)Broken Tory promises!15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)I beg to move amendment 11, in clause 58, page 89, line 38, at end insert— “(2A) An EDP may not be amended if the amendment would reduce the amount, extent or impact of…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)It is with great excitement that we move on to another clause. I will speak briefly, but this is an important amendment. In the same way that protests from developers, in another…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s explanation. He addressed a number of the points in our amendment, including that an EDP should not be amended to reduce the amount or extent of…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)Both are possible.15 May 2025