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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)The point is that some of that is to be looked at now. At the moment, an environmental assessment is effectively prose that may or may not be adhered to, whereas an environmental…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)Let me try to answer some of those points, and I will happily write with extra detail should I fail in my objective. We will clearly be consulting on which developments require an…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)It is a delight to hear the one-man show. In bringing forward the EOR system, we are absolutely committed to respecting the devolution settlements. We are currently in active…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)The new system that we have been discussing is all about improving environmental assessment, not weakening environmental protection. Moving to the outcomes-based approach that I…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I will be brief, because I think my previous remarks addressed the point about transposition of the EU directive leading to the creation of a range of environmental assessment…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)In some rare cases, particularly those relating to national defence or responding to a civil emergency, it may be necessary for the Secretary of State to direct a project to…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I will write to the hon. Gentleman with further details. As he rightly says, the clause is designed purely to act as a framework for having Homes England become a charging…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Hollobone. As we have heard, the amendment seeks to expand the definition of “environmental protection” in clause 116 to…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)Good question! As well as the non-regression clause that I talked about earlier, we have a built-in power under these clauses that allows aspects of the regulation to apply even…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)Proposed new section 204Z1 in schedule 11 enables the Secretary of State to prescribe how certain powers are to be used or not. As we have heard, proposed new subsection (1)(c)…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I understand the hon. Member’s concerns, but I hope to explain why the approach that we have taken in the Bill is sufficient. Amendment 174 would require environmental outcomes to…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)Yes. If the local authority thinks it is needed, then absolutely. The discourse around housing is often just about the supply of housing, but clearly energy, and energy generation…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)I do not see the need to put energy generation in the list because, absolutely, that and the other areas she raises are included. I am happy to give her that reassurance. As long…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)As we have discussed, amendment 175 would give an explicit requirement for the impact of a consent or plan to be set up relative to a baseline study on the current environmental…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)Proposed new section 204Y(1)(b) enables the Government to require an authority to review—not necessarily alter—its levy charging schedule if a significant amount of time has…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)I have said already that we are committed to delivering a modern system of environmental assessment that properly reflects the nation’s environmental priorities. The Bill allows…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)Clause 128 is a straightforward provision to remove what will become an obsolete regulation-making power, along with references to that power, after the powers contained in the…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)Exactly. This is why you get paid the big bucks, Mr Hollobone. Thank you very much.08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty First sitting)Given the scale of the underpinning legislation, as we transition from the current complex system of environmental assessment to the new framework of EORs, the Government require…08 Sept 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twentieth sitting)A lot more, the hon. Gentleman says from a sedentary position. Clearly, we do need those green lungs, as my hon. Friend the Member for Buckingham said. Those of us who have an…08 Sept 2022