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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)We have had a huge amount of engagement with the sector, both in working up the proposals and in the feedback that we have received to the planning reform working paper. The hon.…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)That is a fair and reasonable point. If the hon. Gentleman will allow me, I will write to him to set out the Government’s thinking on that issue. If it is available—I fully expect…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)I would say two things in response to that, and then perhaps, Ms Jardine, in the interests of making progress on the Bill, I will happily write to the Committee to set out further…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)If I could probe the hon. Gentleman in turn, does he mean consistency in the decisions made by expert planning officers rather than on individual planning applications?13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank the hon. Gentleman for pressing those two points. I am more than happy to come back to the issue in more detail, but as a general point, a lot of further detail is yet to…13 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Sixth sitting)The final point I will make before giving way is that, were a local authority to seek to evade that ringfencing provision by reducing the amount of resource going into its…13 May 2025HANSARDCold and Damp HomesI will just finish this point, because the sequencing is important for hon. Members to understand. We will then expand the law to include other health and safety hazards in 2026…08 May 2025HANSARDCold and Damp HomesIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship for the first time, Mr Western. I begin by congratulating my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central and Headingley (Alex Sobel)…08 May 2025HANSARDCold and Damp HomesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right: the situation for lots of families in temporary accommodation is acute, and we are aware that there are real decency problems in that respect.…08 May 2025HANSARDCold and Damp HomesIt has been acknowledged that I have some knowledge of housing, but the hon. Gentleman tempts me into an area about which I do not have particular knowledge, not least because the…08 May 2025HANSARDCold and Damp HomesWe speak regularly with our counterparts in the devolved authorities, but I will make a special point of ensuring that the comments that have been made today are passed on to the…08 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I want to tease out a point here, because one of the reasons the Government are confident that the change will lead to beneficial outcomes is that high-quality engagement and…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Fourth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve with you in the Chair, Mr Twigg. In the last sitting, we discussed the various clauses and Government amendments in this group, and I thank hon. Members…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)As hon. Members will be aware, last week the Government announced that we will reform the pre-application stage for nationally significant infrastructure projects to remove the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)The Government are agnostic on which route a developer will wish to go down. As I say, developers will have to apply to the Secretary of State and make a case that, in the…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for his question, and I look forward to what I know will be constructive debates over the days and weeks to come. He makes a fair point, which I am…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)The hon. Gentleman makes a reasonable point but, if I have understood him, it is a slightly different issue from the one we are considering. I will give him some extra clarity…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I say gently to the hon. Lady that she has ignored everything I have said. Every one of the changes that will be able to be made through this process will have already been…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I simply disagree with the hon. Gentleman. It is a matter for the House rather than the Government. On their own terms, we think the changes made through the clause are…29 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Third sitting)I will give way one last time, and then I will make some progress.29 Apr 2025