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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, in speaking to the amendments of the noble Baroness, Lady Miller of Chilthorne Domer, I am also greatly pleased to say that we seem to have broken out into a spirit of…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 113, tabled by my noble friend Lord Lucas, which raises an important and thought-provoking issue that merits the attention of your…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 114, 118 and 119, tabled, respectively, by the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood, and the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, and introduced so ably by…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will discuss the serious issue of flooding risks. I thank my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering and the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, for their hard work and…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the Minister for allowing me to interrupt. I am slightly curious: the Government trust a planning officer to make a decision on something, but they do not trust them to…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will briefly speak to Amendment 135HZF and to my noble friend Lady Scott of Bybrook’s Amendments 103A and 103B before addressing the other amendments in this group.…04 Sept 2025HANSARDLocal Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025There was one more, which was about addressing the shortage of local authority auditors.03 Sept 2025HANSARDLocal Audit (Amendment of Definition of Smaller Authority) Regulations 2025My Lords, again, I raise my interest as a councillor in central Bedfordshire, which, just being slightly boastful, is a council that for the 10 years I was leader had its accounts…03 Sept 2025HANSARDBuckinghamshire Council, Surrey County Council and Warwickshire County Council (Housing and Regeneration Functions) Regulations 2025My Lords, I refer to my interest as a councillor in central Bedfordshire. I support this statutory instrument, which confers housing and regeneration functions upon…03 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Coffey for bringing this matter to the attention of the Committee, in particular the issue of concentration of power supply and potential…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise briefly to talk to Amendment 94D, tabled in the name of my noble friend Lady Coffey. This amendment concerns constraints on grants delivered by the Gas and…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillGrayling. As was pointed out earlier, it has been 184 days. Some of us are just getting a little tired. Like my noble friend, I must also offer a note of caution and a bit of a…24 Jul 2025HANSARDVoting at 16My Lords, will the Minister clarify at what age the Government consider someone to be an adult? Is it 17, when a person can apply for a provisional driving licence? Is it 18, when…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the Minister for his reply. I look forward to seeing more on the rollout of the lane rental scheme to mayoral authorities, but I ask, as we do not yet have mayoral…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise to speak on the two amendments in my name relating to utility works on roads. Constant disruption to our roads from roadworks—in the majority of cases, related to…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will address these important amendments concerning water infrastructure, each of which touches on the future resilience and efficiency of our water sector. These…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Kramer, for tabling this amendment. It is a clear and well-intentioned proposal that raises important questions about how individuals…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we welcome the sentiment behind the amendments proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of King’s Heath. It is clear that, if we are to meet our net-zero targets, there is…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 53B in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, proposes a sensible and pragmatic change to the current requirement that, before a nuclear power…24 Jul 2025