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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Forgive me; I should have asked you, Mrs Henderson. Kate Henderson: No problem. I will not be commenting specifically on what is coming forward from that piece of work. From a…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon, Ministers. It has been nice to see you on the other side of the table. I do not intend to ask many questions, because I think that I should take my…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for being more concise in your answer than I was in my question—apologies. Very briefly, what interaction and engagement have you had with the Treasury in your…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)I didn’t think you would. Thank you.24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Sir John and Mr Owen, thank you very much for coming this morning. As you know, this is a huge piece of legislation, and we want to scrutinise it to the best of our ability.…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Welcome to the Committee, and thank you for your time this afternoon. I only have one question—I mean no detriment to you guys, but we have recycled some of the themes and I know…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q 40 Thank you for coming this afternoon. I am going to speak slightly more slowly than usual, just to try to drag this out, so that we can go and vote, and the Committee can give…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Quite right! Faraz Baber: If I may respond on that, there is real merit in the delegation scheme being proposed, within the confines of ensuring that the plan-making process is…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q Welcome to the Committee, Mr Airey and Mr Richards. Thank you for your time and sorry to keep you waiting; I hope the questions are worth it. As you know, the Opposition were…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q I have one very brief question, to change tack slightly, and I would appreciate it if each witness could give a short answer, because I know other colleagues want to come in.…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q We were just in the middle of a response from you, Victoria, on your proposal to bring in a chief planning officer. Because we were voting, would you like to finish the point…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (Second sitting)Q The Opposition absolutely agree with you on that, and we appreciate your frankness in your written representations to this Committee. Continuing with this line of questioning on…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Preparatory work on EDPs. Where are you on that? Marian Spain: Work is under way now. As I mentioned earlier, we are doing two main things. We are thinking about the first two…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q That is fine. What impression are you getting from Government that they remain satisfied, and are you satisfied as chief executive, that the whole aim of this legislation in…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Can I come back on that, briefly?24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you very much for coming and for the work you do. I am sure you will appreciate that this is one of the more controversial areas of the Bill, with Natural England taking…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)May I call you Marian? Marian Spain: Of course.24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Just for the record, that is not my view. There are some concerns. I was not castigating you.24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you for that, and congratulations on the work that you are doing. I want to push slightly further—not push you, because you have answered the question, to be fair. Further…24 Apr 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you. My second question is for Dhara Vyas and, if necessary, Christianna Logan. I do not mean to leave Ofgem out, but I am focusing on just two issues, because I am aware…24 Apr 2025