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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, these amendments deal with an issue that goes to the very heart of the Bill’s purpose: how we ensure that our planning system promotes not only economic growth and…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, my noble friend Lord Lansley’s expertise on development corporations is, as ever, formidable, and the concerns he raises deserve full and careful consideration. This…03 Nov 2025HANSARDLondon Boroughs: Financial SupportMy Lords, I declare my interest as a councillor in central Bedfordshire. This Government have said that their priority is growth. The previous Conservative Government incentivised…03 Nov 2025HANSARDTown and Country Planning (Crown Development Applications) (Procedure and Written Representations) Order 2025My Lords, I declare my interest as a councillor in central Bedfordshire. We on this side of the House believe in local democracy. It is why I proposed an amendment to the Planning…30 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I would like to convey from this side of the House our hopes for the swift recovery of the noble Baroness, Lady Hayman. As I raised in Committee, spatial development…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, in Committee we were sympathetic to the intentions of the amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Foster of Bath. The Government should consider this carefully. We have…29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI believe I have made our position very clear, and we will hold the Government to account.29 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support this very sensible amendment. We need to ensure that every local authority has the support of a professional, well-qualified head of planning—a chief planner.…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, again, we appear to have quite a lot of consensus across the House on these issues of culture and heritage. There is a theme running through these proposals: how our…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI remind the Minister of the state that her party left the economy in.27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 90, tabled by my noble friend Lord Lansley, speaks to the theme that has run through many of our recent discussions in your Lordships’ House: the importance of…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we have just heard from my noble friend Lord Lansley and the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, of the value and importance of neighbourhood plans. They are not blockers to…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 87FD, tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, seeks to prevent larger developers applying for or undertaking major developments until the Secretary of…27 Oct 2025HANSARDAbsent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a councillor in central Bedfordshire. The Bill is most welcome, and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Murphy of Torfaen, for bringing it forward. It…24 Oct 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) Act 2025My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Lloyd of Effra, on her excellent maiden speech and I look forward to that of the noble Lord, Lord Stockwood, who has the…23 Oct 2025HANSARDChinese EmbassyMy Lords—23 Oct 2025HANSARDChinese EmbassyMy Lords, I too will provide the Minister with an opportunity, so to speak, to get out of the groove. Ministers have delayed the decision on the proposed Chinese embassy. Can the…23 Oct 2025HANSARDChinese EmbassyMy Lords—23 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am somewhat disappointed by the Minister’s response, because I think we should have a national scheme that can be opted into—and so would still be very much a local…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill22 Oct 2025