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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI make one suggestion to the Minister, if I may. One way of achieving the objective that many of us seek for chalk streams would be to include specific reference to them in…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendments 140 and 144 in my name and say a quick word about Amendment 145A before the noble Baroness, Lady Thornhill, has a chance to introduce it. I…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to Amendment 136 in my name. We have just had a debate on the levelling-up Act approach of allowing local planning authorities to choose whether to join…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, with this group we have arrived at Clause 52 and introduced the important issue of spatial development strategies. Wearing my Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill badge, I…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillCan the Minister explain? I do not understand why he has not referred to the intended provisions of new Clause 12D(10) describing the content of a spatial development strategy.…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I want to say a word or two about self-build and custom housebuilding, in support of my noble friend Lady Coffey—although I also want to ask a question about the precise…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI want to add a few points to what I think has been a good and interesting debate. I remind the Committee of my registered interests as chair of development forums in…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I want to intervene, not least on behalf of the noble Baroness, Lady McIntosh. She is not here to speak to her amendment but, as a number of noble Lords will recall, she…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it seems to me that we are getting ahead of ourselves. We are yet to reach Part 3, but these seem to be mostly considerations relating to the content of Part 3 and how…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillBefore the Minister’s response to the debate, I will take an opportunity to contribute. We heard earlier from the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, about the Competition and…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Amendment 162 in my name is in this group and I am very grateful to the noble Lords, Lord Best and Lord Shipley, who have also put their names to it. I am glad that we…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 105 in this group. We are not debating that Clause 51 stand part in this group, but I intend to speak to it regardless, because it should be…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it has been an interesting debate. I will ask two questions of the Minister. I apologise for asking them at the end of the debate, when the time available to get a reply…04 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the Minister for that. Is it then the Government’s intention to publish a new strategy and policy statement under the Energy Act? At the moment, legislation requires Ofgem…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for being so brief and to the point and for allowing me the opportunity to explain the purpose of the other amendments in this group in my…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am sorry to interrupt the Minister, but on that point, Section 252 of the Highways Act allows for a counter notice from somebody where rights over their land have been…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am very glad to speak to my Amendment 55 and in support of the noble Baroness’s Amendment 54. Clause 41 provides for the “Disapplication of heritage regimes”. I…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support the noble Baroness, Lady Pidgeon, who I thought admirably set out the importance of the case. Frankly, we are only a decade away from the point where we intend…24 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I intervene in this group to flag up a couple of points. I thank my noble friend Lord Gascoigne for introducing Amendment 59, which makes an interesting point. In…24 Jul 2025HANSARDEnterprise Act 2002 (Mergers Involving Newspaper Enterprises and Foreign Powers) Regulations 2025I will make brief points about each of the regulations, not only those relating to newspaper mergers. On that, I very much agree with my noble friend Lady Stowell. We are in the…22 Jul 2025