Growth and Infrastructure Bill
Wednesday, 6 February 2013
Bills
House of Lords
Moved by
Baroness Whitaker
35A: Clause 8, page 10, line 33, at end insert—
“( )...
My Lords, I declare my interest as president of the South Downs Society. Amendment 35A is in my n...
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My Lords, as the noble Baroness has explained, the amendment has been tabled to prevent Clause 8 ...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for the very great care and attention she has taken in meeti...
My Lords, I am sure the noble Lord has seen from the other amendments that are coming up that we ...
My Lords, I echo the thanks of my noble friend Lord Adonis for the very detailed explanation by t...
Moved by
Baroness Parminter
36: Clause 8, page 10, line 34, leave out subsections (2)...
My Lords, Clause 8 as it stood would have set an extremely damaging precedent, removing key prote...
My Lords, I am very glad to support this amendment. It seems that what we are dealing with here i...
I will just say a word in support of my noble friend’s amendment, which I have put my name to. Fi...
My Lords, because the noble Baroness has a very important amendment in this group, perhaps I migh...
My Lords, I would be delighted to speak to Amendment 36A. I will just find it in my notes. In ess...
My Lords, I am very grateful to the Minister, and to the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, who has ...
My Lords, I was remiss in not thanking noble Lords who have thanked me very graciously. I hope we...
In Committee, at the noble Lord’s suggestion, I undertook to meet representatives from the Englis...
My Lords, the Minister’s explanation was clear and the position that she has taken is extremely i...
My Lords, I know it is not up to me to intervene again but as we come on to the next amendment it...
I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.
Moved by
Baroness Hanham
36A: Clause 8, page 10, line 34, leave out subsections (2) t...
Moved by
Baroness Parminter
37: Clause 8, page 12, line 4, at end insert—
“( ) ...
My Lords, we all support the deployment of broadband in rural areas, and the key for us is how be...
My Lords, I warmly endorse this amendment and thank the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for intro...
My Lords, I strongly support my noble friend Lady Parminter. I should say that in the past I was ...
In supporting this amendment, I underline that we are talking not only about national parks but s...
My Lords, first, I reinforce the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, about the importance o...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for moving this amendment, which gives us an opportunity to ...
My Lords, I am grateful for those reassurances from the Minister and for the Government’s commitm...
My Lords, one might ask why I am moving the amendment in the light of the good exchanges we have ...
My Lords, I have not tried to get into the discussion on Report so far. I made my view clear in C...
I wonder whether the noble Lord, who is a good friend of many years standing, might just reconsid...
I was happy to give way to the noble Lord and he has confirmed what I have always regarded as one...
My Lords, I agree with the very last words of the noble Lord, Lord Jenkin. I have huge admiration...
My Lords, nobody in this House would disagree with the last remarks of the noble Lord, Lord Adoni...
My Lords, I thank all those who have participated in the debate on the amendment, not least the M...
Moved by
Lord Shipley
39: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause—
“Def...
My Lords, the amendment would help to solve three problems: the urgent need for more social housi...
My Lords, I support the amendment moved by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, to which I have added my...
My Lords, I rise to give fulsome support to this amendment. It addresses an issue which is high o...
My Lords, my name is also on this amendment, which was so ably moved by my noble friend Lord Ship...
My Lords, I support this amendment and congratulate the four noble Lords who put their names to i...
My Lords, we return to a local authority’s freedom to borrow for the purposes of its housing reve...
My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in this debate. I can confirm that while ce...
My Lords, I am grateful for the unity of views across your Lordships’ House. I am very disappoint...
Moved by
Lord Judd
39A: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause—
“Contr...
My Lords, I will be brief. We have been debating the importance of these new developments in the ...
My Lords, that was a very straightforward question from the noble Lord, and an understandable one...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for having said what she has said and getting it on the record. We...
Moved by
Lord McKenzie of Luton
39B: After Clause 8, insert the following new Clause—...
My Lords, we had a short but harmonious debate on an equivalent amendment in Committee, which was...
My Lords, we discussed this issue very thoroughly in Committee, as the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie,...
My Lords, I have a question for the Minister about timing. There are three separate contributors ...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for his reply. We agree with the Government about the progress of ...
Moved by
Baroness Byford
40A: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause—
My Lords, I shall speak also to Amendment 40D standing in my name. I apologise for my voice, whic...
My Lords, briefly, we cannot support the amendment moved by the noble Baroness. It is a restricti...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for tabling the amendment and particularly for taking the time,...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend on the Front Bench. Clearly I am disappointed that the noble Lo...
Moved by
Lord Tope
40B: Clause 13, page 15, line 35, at end insert—
“(6A) Regul...
My Lords, my noble friend Lord Greaves found today that he was unable to get to London and asked ...
My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Tope, who seems overnight to have inherited the expertise of the n...
My Lords, I thank and of course commend my noble friend for his admirable performance in imitatin...
My Lords, I thank the Minister. I reassure the noble Lord, Lord McKenzie, that I most certainly h...
Moved by
Lord Tope
40C: Clause 14, page 17, leave out line 9
My Lords, I rise once again to move on behalf of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, Amendment 40C and ...
My Lords, I urge caution about accepting the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. A...
My Lords, first, I say to the noble Lord, Lord Best, that we acknowledge that the system left its...
My Lords, once again, I thank my noble friend for his sterling performance as my noble friend Lor...
My Lords, I thank the Minister for that reply. I reassure the noble Lord, Lord Best, that it is n...
Moved by
Baroness Byford
40D: Clause 14, page 17, line 21, leave out “of two years”
Moved by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
41: Clause 14, page 17, line 26, at end insert—
<...My Lords, I will speak to Amendments 41 to 45 to Clause 14 and also to Amendments 54 and 56 to 58...
Moved by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
42: Schedule 4, page 47, line 38, column 1, leave ou...
Moved by
Lord True
46: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—
“Devel...
My Lords, I will not be moving Amendment 46AA; it represents an attempt to offer a compromise to ...
My Lords, I support my noble friend’s amendment. He referred to the fact that he is, in another l...
My Lords, I support the thrust of this amendment because my professional work puts me at the shar...
My Lords, I am really rather appalled by what the Government are proposing and largely reassured ...
My Lords, I apologise to your Lordships that I was not in my place when my noble friend Lord True...
My Lords, I have added my name to this amendment and we are wholly supportive of it. We have hear...
My Lords, I hear what the noble Lord has said and what my noble friend has said in moving the ame...
Such conversations very often do happen and they result in almost open warfare. They do not often...
My Lords, my noble friend said “benefit to the developer”. The development is limited to the curt...
I am sorry, but this is just agony. What are the origins of this proposal? It was not in the coal...
My Lords, this policy is being put forward to extend the localism rights that we have been moving...
My Lords, I am afraid my noble friend is living in a world of her own. I will show her some corre...
My Lords, I hear what the noble Lord says. Consultation on this matter closed in December. We hav...
Has there been some analysis of the consultation thus far, and, if so, might we get at least a fi...
My Lords, I think not. I have been told that it will be available before secondary legislation.
What is the big problem about analysing 1,000 responses in time to allow your Lordships’ House to...
My Lords, they will be ready before secondary legislation. If they can be ready at any stage befo...
My Lords, when does my noble friend propose to introduce the secondary legislation?
I remind noble Lords that we are on Report and there are specific rules which should be borne in ...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that. The consultation will be available within the next fe...
Is there some limit to the height? In many gardens, the most important things are wind and lighti...
My Lords, I have to remind noble Lords that we are on Report, not in Committee. As your Lordships...
The answer to the question about the extent is that it is limited to a single storey and within t...
Before the Minister sits down, she has not dealt with the point about the criteria that guide the...
My Lords, I do not have a response to that. I would need to take advice on it. If I can come back...
Will the Minister come back at Third Reading if she is not able to do so beforehand?
My Lords, I am advised that there has not been an update, so I presume that that guidance would b...
My Lords, I thank all those who have spoken in the debate, which has been a little one-sided perh...
Moved by
Baroness Donaghy
46A: After Clause 15, insert the following new Clause—
<...My Lords, in moving Amendment 46A, I make it clear that I am in full support of Amendment 46 move...
My Lords, in the circumstances, I shall speak just briefly and thank my noble friend Lady Donaghy...
My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Donaghy, and the noble Lord, Lord Tope, who has not sp...
I thank the Minister for her response and my noble friend Lord McKenzie for his support. I will w...
Moved by
Lord Berkeley
46B: Clause 21, page 22, line 31, at end insert—
“(4A) I...
My Lords, I shall also speak to Amendment 55, which is grouped with Amendment 46B. I asked for th...
My Lords, I added my name to these amendments. The noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, has dealt with them...
My Lords, when we considered this amendment in Committee I indicated that the Government were tak...
Before the noble Lord sits down, I asked him whether he had any evidence of consultation or anyth...
If I may, I will write to the noble Lord about that.
I am grateful to the Minister for his comprehensive answer. I shall certainly need to read very c...