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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister for those remarks. I am reassured by what she said on timescales and the work that is being undertaken on the NSIP process and the guidance that…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have just a few brief points to add to what the noble Earl, Lord Russell, stated. For me, this goes back to the governance system. Of course we have made progress in…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I start by declaring my interest as a chief engineer working for AtkinsRéalis. I was reassured by what the Minister stated in response to this amendment in Committee,…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as a chief engineer working for AtkinsRéalis, and as co-chair of Legislators for Nuclear. This group of amendments gets to the heart of some of…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillVery briefly, I follow on from the point of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath. I raised the point he just made in a question a week or so back. That is a really important…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister for her summing up and the extra information that she provided, particularly the important clarity around NSIPs and Part 3. However,…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill17 Sept 2025HANSARDNuclear Regulatory SystemMy Lords, I declare my interest as a chief engineer working for AtkinsRéalis. The report rightly mentions the planning system environmental regulations, as the Minister said, as a…10 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI appreciate the Minister’s response and that he has highlighted a number of areas of planning policy where this is mentioned. But the point I was trying to make was that there is…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I declare my interests as a chief engineer working for AtkinsRéalis and as a director of Peers for the Planet. I thank my supporters on Amendment 127, the noble Lords,…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI want to complement what the noble Earl just said. A couple of years back, when I raised this as part of the Energy Act 2023, I remember being given a similar response: this was…01 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I speak to Amendment 177 in my name and declare my interests as a chief engineer working for AtkinsRéalis and as a director of Peers for the Planet. I thank the noble…01 Sept 2025HANSARDGreat British Energy: Nuclear DevelopmentMy Lords, I declare my interest as a chief engineer working for AtkinsRéalis. I congratulate the Government on the Sizewell C announcement, which is fantastic news for the UK…22 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I declare my interest as a chief engineer working for AtkinsRéalis. I support what the noble Baroness, Lady Pinnock, and the noble Lord, Lord Hunt, have set out around…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support Amendment 8, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, to which I have added my name. I emphasise the points he made, in that I think the…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I remind noble Lords of my interests as a chief engineer working for AtkinsRéalis, director of Peers for the Planet, and co-chair of Legislators for Nuclear. We have had…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillPerhaps I may answer the noble Lord now. I thank him for his comments. He is absolutely right that there is a broader point here, but the amendment took into account the scope…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I thank the Minister very much for that response. I will address some of the questions that noble Lords raised. I take the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Jameson,…17 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I do not have a huge amount to add to the comprehensive introduction provided by the noble Lord, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, but I want to pick up on a few things related…17 Jul 2025