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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)I welcome that question from the shadow Minister. We are confident that the power will not be misused. The legislation will allow acquiring authorities to make minor modifications…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clauses 83 to 92 relate to compulsory purchase and are designed as a group to improve the compulsory purchase order process and land compensation rules to enable more effective…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)These clauses introduce provision to allow more flexibility for taking possession of land subject to compulsory purchase. Currently, before an acquiring authority can take…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for those questions. As ever, I will reflect on his request for procedural fairness to be maintained, but in broad terms, I would say that abuses of…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)I will come back to the hon. Member on that point in writing, because it is important that I am precise on it. Obviously a series of obligations stem from the trade and…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for that question. Hansard will correct me if I am wrong, but I feel that I have already given a commitment in that area, which I am more than happy to…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)I take the shadow Minister’s point. He tempts me to opine on digital communication strategy across Government, but it is too early in the morning to do that. Different Government…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is a pleasure to continue our proceedings with you in the Chair, Ms Jardine. We have now reached part 4 of the Bill, which concerns development corporations. Among other…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for those questions. To be clear, the purpose of the clause is to ensure clarity around the remit and functions of development corporations. I understand…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clause 85 will speed up decisions on CPOs where no objections have been received. Currently, where a CPO is not objected to, the confirmation decision can be made by the acquiring…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)Although we are maintaining the requirement for notices on the making and confirmation of CPOs to be published in newspapers, this clause simplifies the information required in…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)I again thank the shadow Minister for that fair and reasonable challenge. I recognise—as the other shadow Minister, the hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner, would—that…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clause 90 amends the power to take temporary possession of land under the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017. Promoters of major infrastructure have indicated that their current…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)It is important to make one point about the Neighbourhood Planning Act 2017, and then to reiterate the purpose and effect of the clause. The temporary possession powers in the…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)Clause 92 amends the process for the confirmation of CPOs made under the New Towns Act 1981. Decisions to confirm CPOs made under the Acquisition of Land Act 1981, such as housing…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)If the shadow Minister will allow me, I will come back to him in writing on the specific point of how the Government will ensure that the relevant inspector has the correct…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. At present, we know that it is taking too long for promoters of nationally significant infrastructure projects to prepare…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I think some of this will become evident in the fullness of time. There has been an implicit criticism of the Government at several points in Committee that we are entirely…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)Well, the market does need to be disrupted, in the particular sense that we need new entrants coming forward, and small and medium-sized enterprises and community led-housing back…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I will obey your strictures, Ms Jardine, and avoid a debate on Help to Buy. I welcome hon. Members moving this group of new clauses, but I will be fairly brief. Although they may…20 May 2025