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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise to speak to my noble friend Lord Lucas’s Amendment 87G. In doing so, I draw the House’s attention to my declaration of interests, in particular as a landowner in…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I shall speak to the amendments in the names of the noble Baroness, Lady Grender, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Norwich. I am grateful for their…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to Amendment 87B in the name of my noble friend Lord Lucas. My noble friend is calling for better recording and storage of biodiversity information,…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will not make extensive comments on my noble friend Lady Coffey’s Amendment 87, as we will return to EDPs in future groups on Report. However, this amendment does have…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to my Amendments 95 and 98. I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Jones of Moulsecoomb, for her support for the protection of good…27 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I draw the House’s attention to my register of interests as a landowner and a housing developer. Before addressing this group of amendments, I would like to ask the…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering for her commitment to this flooding issue, which impacts far too many households in this country and…22 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for bringing forward the amendments in this group. I draw the House’s attention to my entry in the register of interests as a renewable…20 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend Lord Fuller for Amendment 43 and to my noble friend Lord Hodgson of Astley Abbotts for his loyal and able introduction of Amendment 45…20 Oct 2025HANSARDWaste CrimeMy Lords, Clause 9 of the Crime and Policing Bill grants Ministers the discretionary power to issue guidance to local authorities on fly-tipping enforcement. As we all know,…15 Oct 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, my Amendment 318ZA seeks to ensure that farmers and farmer cluster groups are permitted by Natural England to apply to the nature restoration fund and actively…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillIt is clear from the amendments in this group that there is broad consensus across the Committee on a number of key principles in the use and governance of the nature restoration…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we support these amendments tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, and my noble friend Lady Coffey. I will start with Amendment 356 in the name of my…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 256 I will speak also to my Amendments 313, 315 and 317 in this group. These concern the use and governance of the nature restoration fund levy. This…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, in moving my Amendment 253, I will also speak to my other amendments in this group. It is an embarrassment that in our small, wealthy island nation, there are, according…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise to move my Amendment 292 and speak to Amendments 298 and 324 my name. I will leave my comments on other amendments in the group to the time I have available at…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, this short debate and previous debates covering other amendments relating to CPOs have been a clear demonstration of just how emotive compulsory purchase is. Handing…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillBefore the Minister sits down, would it be possible to share the guidance, or at least a draft of the guidance? I think it would help us to understand where we go to on Report.17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I will speak briefly to several amendments in this group concerning environmental delivery plans. I start by thanking my noble friend Lord Lucas, both for introducing…17 Sept 2025