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HANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026. It is a pleasure to serve with you in…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026We have, to the extent that marine plans impact on spatial development strategies; I will outline the relationship when I respond to the questions asked by my hon. Friend the…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026The right hon. Gentleman will forgive me if I do not take a sideline into a philosophical discourse on the meaning of a strategy or of a report that I do not think he named and I…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026If the right hon. Gentleman’s intervention is about the actual regulations that we are debating, I will give way.17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026I thank right hon. and hon. Members for their considered contributions and questions, which I will try to address in turn. It is first worth making clear that the two minor and…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDDraft Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026If the right hon. Gentleman wants to write to me about the whole of Government report that he cites—I do not think that he has mentioned the title—I will happily consider some of…17 Jun 2026 · 3d agoHANSARDLocal PlansMy hon. Friend makes a really important point. We have spoken before about the importance of rural exception sites and what more can be done. In the NPPF consultation, which I…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDNational Planning Policy Framework: Proposed Health Inequality DutyAs you are aware, Mr Speaker, the Government recently consulted on a new national planning policy framework. That consultation included proposals designed to promote healthy…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDTenant and Resident Management Organisations: RegulationI thank my hon. Friend for bringing this alarming case to my attention. We are clear that as we look to make it easier to establish TMOs—we want to do so; there are some very good…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDLeasehold ReformThe Government continue to implement those leasehold reforms that are already in statute and to progress the wider set of reforms necessary to end the feudal leasehold system for…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDLeasehold ReformAs the hon. Lady is—hopefully—aware, the last Government asked Lord Best to chair a working group to look at the regulation of property agents in the round. We are giving careful…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDLeasehold ReformI commend my hon. Friend, the other members of her Committee and its officials for the thorough piece of work that they have done in scrutinising the draft Bill: that will make…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDAcoustic Design Planning Requirements: WorkplacesNational planning policy makes clear that planning decisions should minimise potential adverse impacts resulting from noise. Associated planning practice guidance sets out that…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDNational Planning Policy Framework: Proposed Health Inequality DutyI am in full agreement with my hon. Friend on the importance of local green spaces. Such spaces are vital community assets that provide significant benefits, not only for physical…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDNational Planning Policy Framework: Proposed Health Inequality DutyIf the right hon. Gentleman would not mind sending me details of the two cases in question, I am more than happy to sit down and have a conversation with him about how he thinks…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDLocal PlansThe plan-led approach is and must remain the cornerstone of our planning system, and we have been very clear that we expect all local planning authorities to make every possible…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDNew Social and Affordable Homes: Blaydon and ConsettMy hon. Friend is right. I would go further than she did: I think the previous Government deliberately set out to engineer the decline of social rented housing, not least through…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDTenant and Resident Management Organisations: RegulationThe Government remain committed to the principle of tenants and leaseholders taking over certain management functions from their landlords, and following a review of arrangements…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDLeasehold ReformI thank my hon. Friend for her advocacy on this issue. Homeowners should not be subject to unfair management charges or poor standards of service at the hands of managing agents,…15 Jun 2026 · 5d agoHANSARDLeasehold ReformMy hon. Friend has considerable expertise on leasehold reform, and he is right to press for clarity on this important matter. To commence the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act’s…15 Jun 2026 · 5d ago