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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I start by confirming my support for all three of the amendments in the name of the noble Lord, Amendments 253, 296 and 297. However, I caution the use of “non-native”;…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe noble Lord asked me to say something before I sat down. I will now sit down, but he has thoroughly ruined my evening. Thank you.15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the Minister has kindly organised meetings with Natural England. I have been to two of them, in fact; I was late to one but, for the first one, I was there almost the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington, and the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, have added their names to my amendment; they both apologise for being unable to be present…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillWould the Minister clarify? I will be very brief. The EDP is designed on the basis of offsetting some environmental damage, but at what point do the developers choose whether or…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, and the noble Lord, Lord Roborough, for their comments on and support for my amendment. I am also very grateful to the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I start by declaring that I have shares in a family company that owns a farm in the Midlands. To avoid giving a Second Reading speech, and to save us all quite a lot of…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI accept completely the relevance of local input and that we must not tie people’s hands. But given that the supply of allotments is far less than the demand for it, does the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI should just quickly say that we can learn a lot from Brazil as well as Australia. I am in favour of the amendment; I would just add that I did not realise that water butts were…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall be very brief, as nearly everything has been said very much more eloquently than I would have done in support of Amendment 149. I have scrapped most of what I…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I assure the noble Baroness, Lady Bennett, that many good things come from Australia, and she is one of them. The tapping on the tank she describes is exactly what I…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I endorse completely the speeches by the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, and her supporters. She introduced it engagingly and comprehensively. I have therefore scribbled…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 95. Nobody likes to see fees going up, and I totally support the noble Baroness, Lady Scott, in her concern about calculation and control. I also…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I would like to ask for a point of clarity from the noble Earl, of which I gave him due warning earlier today. As neither he nor the Minister picked up my question in…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, with the solar energy that is reaching me at the moment, it is actually quite hard to see whether there is anybody out there, but I will take it for granted that there…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI just underline that the missing ingredient in this debate is actual numbers on the costs. There is a lot of theoretical toing and froing this afternoon but what we really need…01 Sept 2025HANSARDIndependent Water CommissionMy Lords, the Minister and I have a long and mainly happy history of trying to reform the water industry, including the replacement of Ofwat. I read with interest the 88…23 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025My Lords, two practical things are puzzling me. First, if we swallow the ideas that 15% does not bring influence and that it can be checked, monitored and proved—both of which are…22 Jul 2025HANSARDRenters’ Rights BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the noble Baroness, Lady Kennedy. I have also enjoyed my encounters with the Minister, with her, to discuss these issues. I rise to…15 Jul 2025