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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak on Amendment 167, which stands in my name. It would require future neighbourhood plans to be consistent with national planning policy, in particular the…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I start by speaking in support of Amendments 129 and 130 from the noble Lord, Lord Hunt—and, indeed, of his Amendment 135D, which would extrapolate those amendments to…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillIt appeared from what the Minister said that a key factor weighing in the Government’s mind against the purpose of planning is the risk of legal challenges. For my part, I think…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will say a few words in support of Amendment 132 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett of Manor Castle, concerning the purpose of planning. To my mind, there…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillYes.09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the Minister for those comments. Does he accept that if it is only one year to cover the typical period of High Court proceedings, that gives unsuccessful claimants in the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I offer some views on the legal effects that Amendments 135HZB and 135HZC, on asylum hotels and asylum HMOs, would achieve, in particular to develop the point made by my…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, as this debate has progressed, there has been increased heat and perhaps a commensurate decrease in focus on some of the issues that were raised. I hope noble Lords will…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I add my support to Amendment 162, which would put chief planning officers on a statutory basis. I agree with the case made for it by my noble friend Lord Lansley and…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords—04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 98 and 99, tabled in my name, which would enhance the existing statutory power under Section 303ZA of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI endorse the comments of my noble friend Lord Moylan. I have two questions and observations. First, “temporary” can mean different things to different people. For example, in the…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a practising Silk in planning and environmental law, with a range of clients affected by planning regulation in various ways. I am a…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI tried with my proportionality clause, which we will come to later in the proceedings. That is the best I can do so far; I am toying with tweaking it so that if it were to find…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall say a few words in support of this amendment. I can see it reducing the risk of judicial review. Quite often, not just in the planning context but in other…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it will probably already be apparent that in many respects the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, and I are in agreement about how the Bill can be made more effective, but on this…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI want to say something about what the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, said about the default risk aversion, and how there is a significant risk of that with regulators. There is a lot of…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I declare three interests: first, as a practising planning silk with a range of clients affected by planning and infrastructure law in different ways; secondly, as chair…25 Jun 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I speak in support of Amendment 68, which, as my noble friend Lord Wolfson indicated, takes the premise of his Amendment 56 and rolls it out to all Supreme Court…25 Mar 2025