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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for that point, which is well made. Not only are local planning authorities overstretched, but they are often outgunned in their relationship with…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 86, in clause 83, page 91, line 28, leave out lines 28 to 30 and insert— “(5C) But the development plan has precedence over any national development…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am glad the Minister understands the concerns that the amendment seeks to highlight. I welcome his recognition that local planning authorities need to be well equipped and…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 68, in clause 78, page 87, line 10, at end insert— “(1A) On the day any regulations under this section are laid before Parliament the Secretary of State…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for that response. I note that he only said that the clause would prevent the advent of a monopoly and not an oligopoly. I still worry, reading the…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I have a few questions for the Minister about the three clauses. Clause 79 provides that a local planning authority that makes planning data available to a person does not, in…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for York Central on making a strong case for her amendment. The problem she highlights is a very real one—that of out-of-date plans based…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)How does the Minister believe that this clause specifically will address the fact that there is not sufficient coverage of local plans across England? How will the provisions in…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Sir Mark. I take the opportunity to echo the sentiments expressed by my hon. Friend the Member for Nottingham North in warmly…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 65, in clause 75, page 85, line 14, leave out paragraph (b). This amendment would prevent the Government from using the powers in this Chapter for…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for that response. I think the best way to put it would be that I am slightly reassured, but not wholly reassured. I welcome what he said about the…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will be brief, but I have some questions for the Minister. Clause 76(1) allows planning authorities, by published notice, to require a person to provide them with planning data…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)Given how long the Minister has been in post, I do not blame him, but the arguments he makes in defence of clause 83(2), and proposed new subsection (5C) in particular, are the…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 98, in clause 83, page 91, line 30, at end insert— “, subject to subsection (5D). (5D) But any conflict must be resolved in favour of the development plan…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 66, in clause 77, page 87, line 3, at end insert— “(4) On the day any regulations under this section are laid before Parliament the Secretary of State must…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)In moving to chapter 2 of part 3, “Development plans and national policy”, we confront an altogether more contentious set of issues than planning data, as the new Minister will be…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I very much agree that, potentially, some of the proposed reforms could exclude those on whom we rely most in our communities to engage with the planning process. My hon. Friend…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for that response. I am glad that he agrees with the spirit of the amendment. As he might expect, I am somewhat disappointed that he has not agreed…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I beg to move amendment 67, in clause 77, page 87, line 3, at end insert— “(4) The Secretary of State must provide sufficient additional financial resources to local planning…12 Jul 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Thirteenth sitting)The Minister will appreciate that I am, naturally, disappointed that the Government will not countenance any exemption from the precedence that clause 83 affords to national…12 Jul 2022