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HANSARDBuilding Safety Levy (England) Regulations 2025My Lords, I declare my interest as a freeholder of a mixed-use building, 15 metres tall, constructed in 2018—post Grenfell—in Norwich. Addressing the consequences of the use of…15 Oct 2025HANSARDNational Policy Statement for PortsBefore my noble friend sits down, although I do not want to disagree with a word he said about electricity, does he agree that any policy must keep an open mind as to all new…14 Oct 2025HANSARDNational Policy Statement for PortsMy Lords, I want to lay out my involvement in global ship-borne trade, terminal operations and the associated professions. My private business trades from two terminals—the Port…14 Oct 2025HANSARDNational Policy Statement for PortsIf we are really serious about growth in the UK ports sector, I ask the Minister to take a knife to the now-discarded copy-and-paste parts from Part 3 of the Planning and…14 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the noble Lord. He makes a point that I missed when I turned a page in my notes. Essentially, we are creating financial instruments with muddy wellingtons attached. We…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak to government Amendment 346E in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Taylor, and the noble Lord, Lord Grantchester, and Amendment 275A in the name of my…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am greatly concerned that the Bill potentially freezes out the role for private sector providers, thus stopping the flow of investment into nature. That said, I was…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, on the face of it, I welcome government Amendment 245A and the amendments from the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, because it is clearly right that the public…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we are really getting under the bonnet here, looking at the minutiae of the EDP, and we are missing the bigger picture. I speak in support of the noble Lord, Lord…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI have listened very carefully. The developer knows what he has paid for. The developer has bought something. The developer has purchased an 80-year project, but he has not bought…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillBefore the noble Lord sits down, he mentioned, over and above nutrient neutrality, the biodiversity net gain levy, but has he also considered the other levies, which will apply in…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMay I just ask whether the Minister would give some consideration to the question I posed: at what stage, following the pattern set out in Clause 53 and all the rounds of…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 231 in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Roborough. I attended the drop-in session last week with representatives of Natural England and…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am talking to all of them—particularly those in the name of my noble friend Lady Coffey but also Amendment 333. There is more. I scrutinised Natural England’s nutrient…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, back in 2022, when the nutrient neutrality rules came in, it started a three and a half year hiatus that has prevented the building of new affordable homes, caused the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I want to speak strongly for Amendments 334, 346DD and 346DE in the name of my noble friend Lord Roborough. Two years after your Lordships’ House last considered…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise very briefly to support Amendment 214. My noble friend nearly said that we are no more than three meals away from societal breakdown, but we are—and, in the…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the Minister for that. I beg leave to withdraw. Perhaps we can return to this on Report.15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, as part of my research for this series of amendments, I looked at the New Towns Act and I note that it is 80 years since the Minister’s home town of Stevenage was…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak also to my Amendments 190 and 192. I welcome the broad thrust of empowering and reinvigorating the development corporations contemplated in the…15 Sept 2025