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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)It says that the Minister expects that money to be put into the system to make the system better. Why has he done that in this case when he did not support the amendment doing it?29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)Will the Minister give way?29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)My point is, if we remove parliamentary scrutiny, the British people out there watching this will think, “Well, hang on a minute, the Government are saying on the one hand that we…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)Will the Minister elaborate on why he did not support amendment 80, which we have just discussed, on planning fees going to local councils to resource planning departments? What…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)If we are talking about small, minor changes, surely the consultation period does not need to be that long—it will not take Select Committees long to produce a report to feed into…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mrs Hobhouse. I draw your attention to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests. I concur with my colleagues. I…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)Will the Minister give way?29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way. Has his Department done any analysis of how many requests the Government are likely to get under the clause, and how many applications will…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I thank the Minister for giving way again. I just want to press him a little more. He is saying that people can choose to go through the Town and Country Planning Act regime, but…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)Does the hon. Lady not agree that getting rid of the pre-planning application consultation completely will disenfranchise residents and constituents from engaging with the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)Does my hon. Friend agree that removing the pre-planning application consultation entirely places too much trust in developers? Sometimes developers build absolute rubbish. I do…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)Let me try a third time. According to the explanatory notes laid out by the Government: “The objective of this change is to better resource the processing of necessary wayleaves…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)Will the Minister give way?29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)The Minister talks about energy security and bringing down bills, and of course we need to have more renewables online to do that, but we also need to issue new oil and gas…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q I will follow up with some questions to Ofgem. You said earlier that we are moving from a first come, first served system to one where somebody is going to determine what should…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)I do not agree.24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q I want to come back to something you said at the beginning, Jack—I probably should say that I am still a local councillor until 1 May. You basically said that no one engages…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Sorry; yes. We have spoken about local plans and outline planning permission, and I will link those two together. There is a lot of consultation around development that comes…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)I would like to ask a few questions—24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q How will that affect the timeframe? I suppose the Government want projects to happen quickly, but you are now saying that there is another process to go through, so can you…24 Apr 2025