Infrastructure Bill (HL). Committee stage ninth sitting (afternoon).

Clause 38 discussed with new clause 1 (Exploitation of petroleum on deep-level land: cumulative impacts) and new clause 20 (Planning notification for the extraction of unconventional oil and gas) agreed to. Amendments to clause 39 negatived on division (8 votes 10), (6 votes 11), (7 votes to 11). Clause 39 discussed with new clause 17 (Community benefit for schemes provided by companies engaged in hydraulic fracturing), new clause 2 (Underground access: environmental protection) and new clause 7 (Petroleum extraction: environmental base line data) agreed to. Clauses 40 to 45 agreed to. New clause 8 (Mayoral development orders) discussed with Government new schedule 1 (Mayoral development orders) agreed to. New clause 9 (Reimbursement of persons who have met expenses of making electrical connections) agreed to. New clause 10 (Power to abolish Public Works Loan Commissioners) agreed to. Written evidence reported to the House.