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HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have put my name to the amendments tabled by my noble friend Lord Roborough, and I thoroughly support them. I do not wish to add anything to what he has said. I have…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I would like to look forward to the Government’s Amendment 346E and in particular subsection (2) of the proposed new clause, which says: “Natural England or the…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, what my noble friend Lord Roborough has said is very important. I draw the Committee’s attention to an announcement in February of this year from the Environmental…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, we now turn to the very important question of the powers to enter for Britain’s new Rostekhnadzor, the dominant state operator. I find it rather terrifying that a Bill…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. Can she confirm that Clause 76(3) refers only to EDPs?17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I beg to move Amendment 319 and will speak to Amendment 320. I would like a little bit of clarification on Clause 76(3), which reads: “Natural England may pay another…17 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillNo, it is not a witch hunt against Natural England by itself, because I think a lot of the agencies suffer from exactly the same problem. However, this Bill is giving Natural…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Randall’s amendment, but I ask the Government not to accept it. I do that for two reasons. First, swifts are not the only migratory birds…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have put my name to the amendments in the name of my noble friend Lady Coffey, who made an excellent speech trying to persuade the Government to take out Natural…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am grateful for what the Minister said. She confirmed that the EDP will state the scientific basis for the conservation measures proposed. What happens if one thinks…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 234, I will also speak to Amendments 235 and 236, in reverse order. Clause 54(7) relates to the start and end dates of an EDP. To ensure meaningful…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I rise to support Amendment 231, moved by my noble friend Lord Roborough, and will also speak to the other amendments in my name and that of my noble friend Lord…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, Part 3 of the Bill gives new wide-ranging powers to Natural England, which has been heavily involved in all aspects of Part 3, much of which has been made up on the hoof…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I put my name to Amendment 211. I support what my noble friend Lord Roborough said on it, and indeed what my noble friend Lord Sandhurst said on his amendment. I was a…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure Bill15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for that reply; I will have to study it with some care, given the time of night, but a lot of it did not make much sense to me. The…15 Sept 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, I have put my name to Amendment 147, but before I come to that, I want to say how much I support what the noble Lord, Lord Teverson, said. We need this jigsaw of plans…11 Sept 2025HANSARDHouse of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillMy Lords, I have long supported the abolition of the right of hereditary Peers to sit in your Lordships’ House. I have said it in the House before and I meant it. There were two…21 Jul 2025HANSARDPlanning and Infrastructure BillMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, and I am very glad that he mentioned healthy homes. It is just one of the many issues missing from the Bill. I like this Bill.…25 Jun 2025