Growth and Infrastructure Bill

My Lords, as ever I am grateful to my noble friend for the thoughtful remarks he made about why L...

My Lords, I will study my noble friend’s response carefully. I hope that I had made it clear that...

Specifically on the issue of the threshold, different thresholds for projects of strategic import...

I am most grateful. I have no doubt that the discussions will continue. I was really more concern...

Moved by

Lord Adonis

78ZB: Clause 24, page 30, line 24, at end insert—

“(6) The...

My Lords, as I said at Second Reading we are far from convinced that this Bill will do much to pr...

My Lords, I have Amendment 79 in this group. I was going to say how much I support Amendment 79A,...

The noble Lord, Lord Greaves, quite rightly points out that I did not speak to my second amendmen...

My Lords, I stand briefly to support Amendments 78ZB and 79A. I will not re-rehearse the argument...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 78ZB and 79A first, before then speaking to Amendment 79. Th...

What happens in rail transport is very different from what happens in a heterogeneous collection ...

My Lords, I sometimes think it is not a good idea to give examples so I will move on. The reason ...

My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s comments on my amendment. I am not sure I grasped all ...

My Lords, part of the whole system under the Localism Act in particular was that developers shoul...

I am not sure that the Minister has actually answered my question. I accept what the Minister has...

My Lords, the answer to the noble Lord’s question is, on both counts, yes. It is part of the regi...

I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Lord Tope

81: After Clause 24, insert the following new Clause—

“Commu...

My Lords, Amendment 81 stands in my name. We now return to the Mayor of London, as distinct from ...

Could the noble Lord give some examples of London boroughs with CIL rates he believes to be too h...

No, my Lords, I cannot, which is why I quite deliberately said that the mayor believes this. Ther...

My Lords, is the noble Lord not moving this amendment?

That was a statement of fact.

My Lords, mention of the community infrastructure levy in this amendment gives me an opportunity—...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have participated in this short debate. I thank also my noble f...

I am very grateful to the Minister for that helpful reply. I do not know what was in the mind of ...

Moved by

Baroness Young of Old Scone

81A: After Clause 24, insert the following new C...

I rise to move Amendment 81A and shall speak also to Amendments 81B and 81C, in my name and that ...

My Lords, I have added my name to these amendments. I had prepared something to say but it would ...

My Lords, I start with the three questions asked by the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. With regard to ...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her extensive response, which I shall have to pore over before...

Moved by

Lord Jenkin of Roding

81CA: After Clause 24, insert the following new Clause...

My Lords, at this time of night I will try to deal with the amendment extremely briefly. As we di...

My Lords, I understand the reasons behind these amendments but I am a little concerned about them...

My Lords, we await the Minister’s response on these amendments. I am bound to say that I have som...

My Lords, the proposed new clauses in Amendments 81CA and 81CB seek to improve the performance of...

I am grateful for the amount of trouble my noble friend has taken in responding to these two amen...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

81CC: After Clause 24, insert the following new Clause—

“...

My Lords, I hope that Amendment 81CC will be seen by the Minister as a constructive one. It is su...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for moving the amendment, which has crept into our Bill. While t...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. I shall read what she says very carefully. I am not...

Moved by

The Earl of Lytton

81CD: Clause 25, page 32, line 35, at end insert—

“...

My Lords, this is clearly not the time to go into great detail on a rather technical matter so I ...

My Lords, I added my name to this amendment, which, as the noble Earl, Lord Lytton, says, mirrors...

My Lords, I rise to speak to the question of whether the clause should stand part of the Bill and...

My Lords, I am rather surprised by the amendment and the tone with which it has been introduced b...

My Lords, would the noble Baroness perhaps explain to us what stability this decision gives to bu...

My Lords, we believe that stability will be provided by not having a revaluation at the present t...

Given that what seems to be at the heart of this is a dispute over the interpretation of the VOA ...

My Lords, I am not sure that a combative meeting, which I think that that would be, would be very...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for giving such a detailed reply at this time of night. I thank th...

If I might just comment on the Minister’s reply, I thank the Minister for that long reply at the ...