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HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I want to speak in support of my amendment 368, to schedule 9. It belongs in this debate because it would broaden the issues in schedule 9 beyond simply workplaces. I have been…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)These amendments all do the same thing. Amendments 328 and all the amendments up to 335 would simply remove the words, “key route network” from the part of the Bill that specifies…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. Question proposed, That the schedule, as amended, be the Eighth schedule to the Bill.16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)This seems the right point to bring this up. The Minister has talked about how the schedule creates powers to make directions in relation to roads that are not on the key route…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 265, in schedule 9, page 149, line 37, at end insert— “(4D) In preparing or revising a local transport plan, a local transport authority must have regard…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I support the arguments made by the hon. Member for Mid Dorset and North Poole. We seem to have a lot of new responsibilities, and in transport we lack clarity about where the…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I, too, have much experience of the London system of planning—of putting together the London plan and its implementation through strategic planning applications. I have a couple…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I endorse the amendment. It is extremely sensible to have this kind of priority in place. It is extremely reminiscent of planning policy guidance note 13, which was abolished by…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fifth sitting)When I was a local councillor, we spent tens of thousands of pounds on a citizens assembly—again, that was to look at climate measures and issues around reducing traffic and air…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I beg to move amendment 328, in schedule 8, page 147, line 7, leave out “key route network”. This amendment, alongside Amendments 329 to 333 would apply the traffic reporting duty…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fifth sitting)I take the hon. Member’s intervention in good spirit. I will talk about the ability of a standing citizens assembly not simply to react—even voting, at the end of a mayor’s term,…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fifth sitting)No, because I need to get to end of my sentence. I intend to explain how citizens assemblies are different. Citizens assemblies are not town hall meetings, and they are not a…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fifth sitting)That is a good question. Certainly, the evidence from the citizens assembly that was commissioned by Parliament to look at climate change has been extensively used by the Climate…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Sixth sitting)I wanted to make a speculative point about schedule 5, although I have not tabled an amendment.16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fifth sitting)The hon. Member asks about the mayor meeting the citizens assembly, which misunderstands what a citizens assembly does. It does not ever have to see the mayor if it does not want…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fifth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stuart—my huge apologies for arriving late to proceedings. I want principally to talk about new clause 19, in my name, which…16 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Third sitting)I want to express my sympathy with the amendments related to the Isle of Wight. It is not miles away from the area that I represent, Brighton Pavilion. I know many people there…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fourth sitting)It is notable that recently the London Assembly has, on a number of occasions, made constructive changes to the mayor’s budget at stage one of budget setting, which have simply…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fourth sitting)I want to participate in this debate, despite having not tabled any amendments. I am grateful to the Members who have done so. The issue of commissioners is interesting. It is…14 Oct 2025HANSARDEnglish Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill (Fourth sitting)I will.14 Oct 2025