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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank noble Lords for this debate on an issue that the Government take seriously. Amendments 165 and 179 are in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Addington, and the noble…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank noble Lords for that short but important debate. Climate change affects everybody. Like the noble Lord, Lord Deben, I live in a rural area and when taking the dog out for…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank noble Lords for their amendments. Amendment 172 would align the terminology of the listed buildings Act with that of the National Planning Policy Framework. It also seeks…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am sure we can sort something out.11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI have laid out quite specifically what we intend on doing and how much money we are going to spend. I know we have lost playing fields. That was not under this Government but…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe noble Lord mentions this or that consultation. We have put in £1.5 billion of funding for neighbourhoods, part of which can be used for enabling the provision of public areas…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThe Government have committed to consult on the impact of removing Sport England as a statutory consultee. We will do that shortly and see what the result is, and I suggest that…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillWe believe that what is already there is specific and offers clarity. It is fundamental to the planning regime that we want to bring in. If the noble Lord wants, I can write to…11 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI would not accept that. It has to be a balance between what we can do to make things more flexible and ensuring that we have the right kind of infrastructure to lead to the…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillThat means it could go on and on anyway, but it is a point that perhaps we could discuss if the noble Lord wants to do so.09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI am not a legal expert on these issues, but I am more than prepared to sit down with the noble Lord to discuss this specific point. We are extending it by a full year, but I…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank noble Lords for their thoughtful contributions on this group. I turn first to Amendment 128, tabled by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath and spoken to by the noble…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMay I revert to being the Whip and ask the noble Baroness to move the decision? It is not about rehearsing the whole of the debate, which is what is happening, but about getting…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillTo the first part of the noble Lord’s question, there has been an energy follow-up survey, which said that energy-efficiency measures that have been taken over recent years have…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillIt is something that we should look at. The warm homes plan, for example, which will be published in October—in just a few weeks’ time—will look at our approach to heating in…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillI thank the noble Lords who have tabled amendments relating to climate change and overheating. It is obviously the biggest issue facing not just the Government and the country but…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillClimate change mitigation does play a big part in all the planning arrangements that we are going to introduce. It is one of the central points of the Planning and Infrastructure…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillBefore we move on to the next group, I just want to make a quick statement. We have a large number of groups to get through this evening. While this is Committee, I remind noble…09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMay I respectfully ask the noble Lord to move on to deciding whether he will withdraw his amendment?09 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillOn this particular issue, they do take training, and it is deemed at the moment to be necessary, but obviously all this stuff is kept under review.09 Sept 2025