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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I rise to speak to new clauses 48, 49, 50 and 75, most of which are in the name of my hon. Friend the Member for Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner—I do not know whether he intends to…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I agree.20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I understand and agree that we need to build more social rented homes, but does the hon. Lady not agree that the figures she gave could be perceived as being slightly simplistic,…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)Disrupt!20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)Yes, the lifetime ISA is still in operation—the last Government brought it in—but it does not deliver the real numbers that we need, as the Help to Buy and stamp duty relief…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s being so open and genuinely—I wouldn’t say I didn’t believe him before—promising to go away and look at this issue. We would like to take him up on…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)My hon. Friend is right; I think that we have all seen that happen as Members of Parliament. It makes a mockery of the planning system when people—they know exactly what they are…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)It is a pleasure, as ever, to serve under your chairmanship, Ms Jardine. I would like to speak to new clause 76, which is in my name. This new clause seeks to probe the Minister’s…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Twelfth sitting)I completely understand why the new clause has been tabled, and we support the premise behind it, but can I ask the hon. Lady for clarification? She may not know, and that is…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)I would expect the Minister to write to us; I would not expect an answer on the Floor of the Committee. What the Prime Minister is going to outline later is a detailed and…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Eleventh sitting)Before we receive a statement later from the Prime Minister, can the Minister outline whether any of the movements in this domestic legislation, which stem from the transitioning…20 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)If the Minister has lived and breathed this for the many years for which he has wanted to write this legislation, and he has then got to the dizzying heights of a red box and a…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Ninth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Dr Huq. I am also pleased to see everyone here this morning on the Committee. Last night, after buying the Minister a…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)The Minister is shaking his head, so I will give way.15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)I absolutely agree with my hon. Friend. We heard evidence from the chief executive of Natural England, and in case she is listening, I say again very clearly that I make no…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)I am a very aspirational, can-do, go-getter politician— [Interruption.] Yes, it is everyone else who needs to say that. I am willing to sit down with the Minister and guide him in…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)I am grateful for the useful clarification. I rise to speak to clauses 67 and 68. As I have outlined to the Minister, we are concerned that a number of these clauses in the 60s—if…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)The hon. Gentleman knows that I have asked the Minister to be more specific about the proposed regulations, and I am looking forward to scrutinising them. However, I still think…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)We will not press amendments 130 to 132, tabled by my hon. Friend the Member for Keighley and Ilkley, to a vote. On clause 66 more generally, we accept that it sets out how…15 May 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Tenth sitting)I have a brief question. I understand that the Minister wants to bring forward regulations backed by the affirmative procedure, and that is welcome. I am slightly concerned by the…15 May 2025