Pubs and Planning Legislation

I completely agree. This is the kind of localism the Government have been pushing very strongly i...

I congratulate my hon. Friend on her engagement in this subject and on the work she has done on p...

As ever, my hon. Friend makes a good point. I do not think that would be the case, and it is cert...

On the Government’s suggestion that local authorities should list pubs that are genuinely valued ...

The hon. Gentleman prompts me in a timely way. As I understand it—he will correct me if I am wron...

I shall not be able to take part in the debate later, owing to an unavoidable meeting. I speak as...

As ever, my hon. Friend makes his point pithily; it would have taken me much longer to make that ...

It is a pleasure to be working with my hon. Friend again, and I am delighted that we have secured...

Absolutely; this is not about a change of market. What is so frustrating is that we could all lis...

The hon. Lady has just made the excellent point that the Government are trying to get people to s...

The hon. Gentleman describes the contrast between the two options perfectly. Pubs prevent the kin...

rose—

rose—

I am overwhelmed. I shall give way to my right hon. Friend first.

I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate and apologise for not being here at its star...

I thank my right hon. Friend for his excellent suggestion, and I put it directly to the Minister....

I am glad that my right hon. Friend spoke first, because his point was perhaps even more substant...

I thank my hon. Friend very much, and he reminds me that I made an error and should have gone thr...

It is a real pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Bristol North West (Charlotte Leslie). We cer...

I thank the hon. Lady for giving way and I thank her for her support and for that of the Backbenc...

Absolutely, and those are the unforeseen consequences of such legislation. We are just asking for...

I, too, congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol North West (Charlotte Leslie) on intro...

It is an honour to follow the hon. Members who have spoken. I thank and pay tribute to fellow off...

First, I thank the Backbench Business Committee for allowing us the time for this debate. I also ...

The hon. Gentleman is making an excellent case about the Government’s modest offer of a compromis...

I will come on to cover that point.

The problem is the conversion of pubs into supermarkets...

May I add to that very long list? The hon. Gentleman talks about officers’ time. What is the cost...

The hon. Lady is absolutely right and I will come on to that point once I have presented the view...

I shall be comparatively brief.

I wish to be a little more generous to the Minister than so...

Surely the reason local communities are not better at listing these assets is that it is so diffi...

I do not think that local communities are necessarily lazy. That would be a patronising thing to ...

My hon. Friend is an exceptionally efficient and effective Member. Does he think that the speed o...

I regret to say that I had departed office by then, although I am delighted to say that the then ...

rose—

Let me make a bit of progress before giving way again.

First, we should look at ways of bei...

What my hon. Friend says is precisely relevant to the case of The King Canute, which I raised ear...

Yes, that is something that it would be good to prevent. I am aware that the hon. Member for Easi...

With all due respect to the hon. Gentleman, he mentions the services of a top barrister, but woul...

The proposal is initially very attractive, but having looked at the operation of use class orders...

I pay tribute to the hon. Members for Bristol North West (Charlotte Leslie) and for Leeds North W...

As is customary, I thank the Backbench Business Committee for granting the time for the debate an...

I am grateful for the Minister’s clarification, but I am sceptical about the potential of the ord...

I will very shortly come on to the points raised about the process of listing ACVs and any costs ...

Can we be clear? This is not about giving more protection; it is simply about allowing people the...

I accept what my hon. Friend says about supermarkets, and I assure him I am going to come to that...

That is not the point we are making. All of us have said pubs that are no longer viable are very ...

It is, perhaps, difficult to pick on individual examples without getting into trouble, but one of...

In a previous life, when I last had a proper job, I was a director of a publishing company so I k...

I do not disagree with my hon. Friend. I am simply saying that the planning system has a column o...

Will the Minister explain to me in simple terms why protected development rights should apply to ...

I am being invited to depart from my prepared remarks again, but that is the nature of debate. I ...

You’re on!

I fully understand the widespread concern that pubs that are valued by communities could still be...

I thank everyone who has taken part in this debate. I will return to the Minister’s comments, but...

What has that got to do with the debate?

It was a terrible abuse of local knowledge, and I apologise to my hon. Friend for taking up his t...