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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Eighteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to reconvene after the summer recess under you in the Chair, Mr Paisley. Clause 99 will insert proposed new section 93G into the Town and Country Planning Act…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Eighteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 116, in clause 103, page 122, line 36, at end insert— “(4) The Secretary of State must provide sufficient additional financial resources to local planning…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)As we have discussed extensively, given that we would not know the end value until later on in the development and that it would be subject to multiple valuations that might be…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)When speaking to the first group of amendments to this part of the Bill, I outlined in great detail why the decision to make GDV the metric for the new levy is likely to result in…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 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 beg to move amendment 158, in schedule 11, page 286, line 38, leave out “IL” and insert— “that part of the IL not applied to the provision of affordable housing”. This amendment…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s response and, taking on board what he has said, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn .06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for that comprehensive response. I will take each part of it in turn. I note what he says about the powers provided for in proposed new section 204D(5)(h) to…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 (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 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 (Nineteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for his response, but I am afraid I am not reassured, for the following reasons. The Minister rightly said, and I accept, that section 106 is an imperfect…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)As the Minister made clear this morning, the Government are not willing to give charging authorities discretion when it comes to adopting the infrastructure levy, or any freedom…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 150, in schedule 11, page 282, line 32, at end insert— “(2A) The intention of IL is to enable local authorities to raise money from developments to fund…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)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)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 (Nineteenth sitting)I think that was a useful answer from the Minister, for the following reasons. He clearly stated that the reason for the flexibility is to allow local planning authorities to…06 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Nineteeth sitting)As we have discussed extensively, given that we would not know the end value until later on in the development and that it would be subject to multiple valuations that might be…06 Sept 2022