Growth and Infrastructure Bill

My Lords, I thank the Minister for explaining the Bill. We look forward to working with her as we...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a councillor on a London borough council, which is also a loca...

I declare that I am chief executive of London First, a not-for-profit membership organisation tha...

My Lords, as my colleague and noble friend Lord Tope said, I shall speak principally to Clauses 8...

My Lords, I shall focus mainly on two areas of this disparate Bill: those dealing with affordable...

My Lords, I begin by declaring an interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Associatio...

My Lords, I have nothing to declare other than a spell as a planning Minister and the fact that I...

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It also said that communities are likely to be increasingly reluctant to accept new developments ...

My Lords, before the new National Planning Policy Framework has even bedded in, and only six mont...

My Lords, as has been said already by several noble Lords, most notably the noble Lord, Lord Tope...

My Lords, I declare an interest as president or vice-president of a number of conservation and en...

My Lords, I will restrict my remarks to Clause 27, which has nothing to do with planning, but is ...

My Lords, I trust that the House will understand if I limit my contribution to the provisions of ...

My Lords, it is a pleasure as usual to follow the noble Lord, Lord Morris of Handsworth. It is be...

My Lords, I should have liked to welcome a Bill that encourages growth and improves infrastructur...

My Lords, I, too, declare my interests. I am a member of a unitary local authority, Cornwall Coun...

My Lords, I have a completely different take on the National Planning Policy Framework from the p...

My Lords, I declare my interests as president of the Local Government Association, which represen...

My Lords, listening to the many excellent contributions to this Second Reading debate, I thought ...

My Lords, I should first declare my interests. I chair the National Housing Federation, the voice...

My Lords, of course I support steps in favour of growth and the employment that it should bring. ...

My Lords, I declare an interest as leader of a London borough council which is also a planning au...

My Lords, I will start on a positive note. I believe that local authorities should be empowered t...

My Lords, I draw the attention of noble Lords and others to my entries in the Register of Lords’ ...

My Lords, I am pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Burnett, on one particular theme: the quest...

My Lords, I declare my interest as a vice-president of the Local Government Association.

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My Lords, in speaking about this centralising Bill, I suppose that my qualification is that when ...

My Lords, this has been an extensive and excellent debate, but one which has exposed the gap betw...

My Lords, perhaps I may start by welcoming the noble Lord, Lord Adonis, to his position on the Fr...

I thank the noble Baroness for giving way. These are crucial issues. She says she will update the...

My Lords, I do not know the answer to that. I will let the noble Lord and the House know as soon ...