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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that well-made point. We had, as she will know, an extensive discussion on viability in the last sitting. The system is flawed in many respects, but…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I appreciate that comprehensive answer from the Minister, but I am afraid to tell him that I am not reassured. I am not sure—I will happily go back and check the record—that he…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)First, I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for York Central on amendment 168. She rightly speaks about the importance of green space in urban areas and about how we can…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)A lot more.08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I beg to move amendment 165, in schedule 11, page 306, leave out from line 38 to line 2 on page 307. This amendment would limit the circumstances under which the Secretary of…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I appreciate that response from the Minister. I am partly reassured, and I note the point that he made about the use of “review” as opposed to directly “revise” in terms of the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I appreciate that response, but I do not think it addresses the concern raised by the amendment. I very much welcome what the Minister said about the Government’s intention to put…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move amendment 174, in clause 116, page 133, line 29, leave out subsection (5) and insert— “(5) Before making any EOR regulations which contain provision about what the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)Clause 116(5) simply states that before making any EOR regulations that contain provision about what the specified environmental outcomes are to be, the Secretary of State must…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)It absolutely is. The amendment seeks to ensure that the obligations we have made, and the way that they are written into domestic legislation, is accounted for in the framework…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I am somewhat reassured by that response from the Minister. However, I take issue with it in a number of respects. I appreciate fully that the 25-year environment plan is the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move amendment 175, clause 117, page 134, line 26, at end insert “relative to the current status of the environment as assessed in a prepared baseline study”. This…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I welcome the detail provided by the Minister, but I will push him a little further on both clauses. Again, in the circumstances, I am more than happy for him to write to me to…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move amendment 176, in clause 120, page 137, line 21, leave out subsection (1) and insert— “(1) The Secretary of State may only make EOR regulations if doing so will…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)The clause provides for a series of safeguards premised on a commitment to non-regression of environmental protection, suitable opportunity for public engagement and international…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)The Minister touched on a number of the issues that I wanted to raise. This is a series of important clauses and therefore I have a couple of questions for him. I hope that I can…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I beg to move amendment 181, in clause 127, page 141, line 32, leave out “in particular” and insert “not”. This amendment would ensure that any specified environmental outcomes…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)Clause 127 enables the Secretary of State to make regulations on how the EOR framework provided for by part 5 interacts with existing environmental assessment legislation and the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I thank the Minister for that response. I note and accept what he said about amendment 182, although I will go back and satisfy myself that the concerns raised in that regard are…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)It is a pleasure to reconvene with you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. I warmly welcome the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam to the caretaker role that he has bravely taken on today. He…08 Sept 2022