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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s intervention, but guidance and policy are guidance and policy. We are talking about giving him and all future Ministers, of whatever party, the…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)We support the delivery of 1.5 million homes, but a confrontational approach, whereby elected representatives are longer allowed to take decisions on behalf of local people, will…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)I invite the Minister to go slightly further. Will he say today that the regulations will include the requirement for both accessibility and heritage training?13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise to support amendment 152. The Liberal Democrats have a similar measure on the amendment paper, new clause 11, which also refers to the accessibility of housing. We are…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)The Minister is generous in inviting interventions; I rise to make a small one. I technically ought to declare that I live in a listed building—a fairly shabby one—but that is not…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise to support the thrust of clause 44. For a very long time, we Liberal Democrats have called for local authorities to be free to set their own fees for planning applications,…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s response. I urge him to consider regulations. That is the approach under the Planning Act 2008, which has worked and ensures that the Secretary of…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)I rise to speak either against the clause or in favour of amendment 7, which is in my name. I am not sure which, but I am sure you can advise me, Ms Jardine. We have significant…13 May 2025HANSARD Cullompton and Wellington StationsIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Butler. I am grateful both to my hon. Friend the Member for Honiton and Sidmouth (Richard Foord), for securing this debate, and…06 May 2025HANSARD Dedicated Schools GrantIt is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Ms Butler. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Tewkesbury (Cameron Thomas) on bringing us all together for this important…06 May 2025HANSARD Cullompton and Wellington StationsMy hon. Friend highlights a practical example of how so many young people in Somerset, a place where sixth form colleges are literally few and far between, have difficulty…06 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)The hon. Member accurately highlights the point that I was trying to make in relation to the acoustic fish deterrent, where particular changes could be made through this new route…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I do not demur from much of what the Minister says about the provisions. To go back to his remarks about the delays not being caused solely by the chaos under the previous…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)People in Taunton and Wellington are four-square behind new clause 19, but it was my hon. Friend the Member for Didcot and Wantage who spoke to it.29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)I endorse the clause on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, given that it lays out plans rather than an unplanned approach. Provided that interested parties have an opportunity to…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)We do not object to the clause either. The date of the judicial review challenge being six weeks from the issue of the decision in writing is consistent with the approach under…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 32, in clause 1, page 1, line 16, at end insert— “(3A) After subsection (2), insert— ‘(2A) Any review of a national policy statement in relation to a…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Hobhouse. I rise to move amendment 32, which stands in my name. We are pleased that the Government have kept their manifesto…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for his response. In our view, the land use framework is a really important document about the sustainability of the development of land in the UK,…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I beg to move amendment 8, in clause 2, page 3, line 34, leave out paragraph (a). This amendment would require the Secretary of State to lay before Parliament a response to a…29 Apr 2025