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HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Seventh sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I will be brief in speaking to new clause 81. Cycling and walking are the future. Ensuring that walking and cycling…20 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Sixth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.20 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Seventh sitting)If I may, I seek the indulgence of the Committee a little longer. The Minister has raised a real issue here: the matter now needs to move into the Levelling Up Department. The…20 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Seventh sitting)I have two points. First, could the Minister set out a timeline? This is so urgent because of the pace of change, so we really need to understand what the timeline is. There has…20 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Sixth sitting)Communities are very much removed from the planning system, as I have mentioned multiples times to the Committee. However, what comes before a local planning authority is the…20 Oct 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. This morning, the Transport Committee heard from the Transport Secretary that the Government will axe their commitment to create Great British…19 Oct 2022HANSARDPoints of OrderThank you for your guidance, Mr Speaker. Thousands of jobs could be at stake as a result of this matter, so could you please advise me on how I can take it forward, since the…19 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I thank the Minister for her response, but I am not satisfied that what she says will be sufficient to ensure that there are safeguards on local public resourcing that is brought…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again. Reflecting on the example that I gave, will she say how her Department would scrutinise the funding of sites such as the one in…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I appreciate that the Minister was not here for earlier stages of debate on the Bill. Will he consider my suggestion about greater community engagement and involvement, and my…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Mark. I add my support for these measures, because it is incredibly important that power be given back to people in communities. On…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)We wish to bring them back later in proceedings, at which point we will press them to a Division. New Clause 8 Industrial support reporting “(1) The Secretary of State must…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fourth sitting)This measure was not brought forward in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill, so we have had a period in which the Government have not had the opportunity to criminalise…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fourth sitting)I welcome the Minister to his place. I take the challenge straight on. First, I reiterate the point that records themselves do not have application—they are presented in the way…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fourth sitting)I, too, rise in disgust at the piece of legislation before us today, and I urge the Government to think again. It is an insult not only to Parliament, which strongly voted to…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the motion. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. Ordered, That further consideration be now adjourned. — (Nigel Huddleston.)18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I rise to move new clause 43 and to support new clause 68. They mirror one another and therefore emphasise the need for a review of permitted development rights, which are a major…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s contribution. However, will she acknowledge that even if the viability of a site stands up, some of the investors in it may not? What ultimately…18 Oct 2022HANSARDLevelling-up and Regeneration Bill (Twenty Fifth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. It is a pleasure to move the new clause and to give the hon. Member for Buckingham some respite. The new clause relates to…18 Oct 2022