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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I will continue to live in hope—we may get there one day. I am grateful for the Minister’s response; I noted carefully what he said about transitional arrangements, and I think I…19 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixteenth sitting)Statutory neighbourhood plans became part of the system in 2011 when they were introduced under the Localism Act 2011 as a formal part of the development framework. The concept of…19 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 110, clause 88, page 95, line 17, at end insert— “(5) After subsection (4) insert— ‘(4A) A neighbourhood development plan which is in effect on the day on…19 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I thank the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale for tabling these amendments, the intention behind which we very much sympathise with. We know that excessive rates of second…19 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixteenth sitting)I rise to strongly support this important group of amendments, and I congratulate my hon. Friends the Members for Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle and for York Central on…19 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley. I will be relatively brief, both because we have discussed these issues extensively in Committee and because the…19 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventeenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 114, in clause 98, page 114, line 21, leave out lines 21 to 28.19 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventeenth sitting)My hon. Friend gets to the heart of the matter. Our concern is that the powers provided for by the clause will facilitate precisely what she suggests: the driving through of…19 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Sixteenth sitting)To surprise the Minister—it is the other way round—I am entirely reassured by his response. The language in the clause is about allowing for private infrastructure companies to be…19 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventeenth sitting)Clause 98 is relatively straightforward, in that it simply makes provision concerning minor variations to planning permission, allowing for greater flexibility to make…19 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Seventeenth sitting)As the Minister has made clear, clause 96 is a placeholder clause. All it specifies is that the Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for a system that permits…19 Jul 2022HANSARDDraft Building Safety (Leaseholder Protections) (Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2022It is a pleasure, as ever, to serve with you in the Chair, Mrs Murray. As the Minister has outlined, sections 116 to 125 of, and schedule 8 to, the Building Safety Act make…18 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 109, in schedule 7, page 262, line 7, at end insert— “(1A) A local planning authority must have regard to the content of any relevant neighbourhood…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I thank the Minister for that detailed response, but what I did not hear was a convincing argument as to why the Government cannot accept this amendment, which would simply alter…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 101, in schedule 7, page 270, line 31, at end insert— “(4) In this part— ‘mitigation of climate change’ means compliance with the objectives and relevant…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I welcome the Minister’s response and the clarification he provided. I am largely reassured, although I am still not entirely clear on the weight that those statements will have…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)Briefly, I have made it clear on previous occasions that we support any measures in the Bill that increase local democratic control over engagement with the planning process,…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I welcome the amendment, because it probes the Government on an intriguing, if not uncontroversial, issue of whether a formal mechanism should be put in place to ensure that local…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for tabling the amendment which, as she has set out, seeks to ensure that the Bill makes it clear that local planning authorities should have regard to…14 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Fifteenth sitting)As I said, I expected that answer. The Minister said our exchanges feel somewhat like groundhog day; it will start to feel like that, because we will return to this issue. We all…14 Jul 2022