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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I appreciate that response from the Minister. I think we would still like something to be written into the Bill regarding baseline studies. However, I very much welcome 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)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)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 (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 (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 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)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 beg to move amendment 162, in schedule 11, page 288, line 11, after “development” insert “of the area”. This amendment seeks to ensure consistency with inserted section 204A(2)…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)Proposed new section 240F of the Planning Act 2008 makes provision about exceptions from, or reductions in, IL for charities. The explanatory notes to the Bill make it clear that…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)As ever, it is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Mark. Having debated this morning in broad terms the deficiencies of the proposed infrastructure levy as we see them,…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Eighteenth sitting)Clause 100 would amend the provisions in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 relating to completion notices. It does so by removing two requirements: that the Secretary of…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I rise to speak briefly to this Government amendment, notwithstanding our debate on the previous group of amendments. There is nothing in the Bill to ensure that local authorities…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)Having just sought unsuccessfully to persuade the Minister to reconsider using the infrastructure levy as a means of delivering developer-funded affordable housing, I will set out…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I am sorry to put the Minister on the spot, but it would be useful if we had an example of the type of housing tenures that the Government believe that that specific line in the…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move amendment 153, in schedule 11, page 283, leave out lines 22 and 23. This amendment would amend the definition of “affordable housing” to ensure that the…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)I beg to move amendment 148, in schedule 11, page 282, line 29, leave out “and in achieving any purpose specified under section 204N(5)”. This amendment and Amendment 149 would…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)As ever, it is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Mark. Having debated this morning in broad terms the deficiencies of the proposed infrastructure levy as we see them,…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)Proposed new section 240F of the Planning Act 2008 makes provision about exceptions from, or reductions in, IL for charities. The explanatory notes to the Bill make it clear that…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I am partly reassured by what the Minister said, not least because he clearly indicated that the Government are going to go away and give further consideration to designing…06 Sept 2022