Infrastructure Bill [HL]

My Lords, first, I thank the noble Lord for his amendment, which allows us to outline again the G...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his response. He offers me a tantalising prospect tha...

Moved by

Lord Adonis

86B: Before Clause 17, insert the following new Clause—

“N...

My Lords, the building of new towns and major urban extensions is a critical national issue in th...

My Lords, I will be brief. The two amendments—the one we have just voted on and the one just move...

I should point out to the noble Lord that this amendment was tabled and debated in Committee.

Why leave it until the last moment on Report? Why did he not put it down it a week or 10 days ago...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his intervention and the noble Lord for his amendment. I fe...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord for putting on record the Government’s commitment to su...

I am sorry—

They say, “Once a Whip, always a Whip”. We are on Report, and no other interventions would be app...

I was very willing to give way to the noble Lord, because I did mention him. I think that I had a...

Moved by

Baroness Whitaker

87: After Clause 20, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, Amendment 87 is in my name and those of the noble Lords, Lord Jenkin of Roding and Lord...

My Lords, I am very happy indeed to add my name to the amendment tabled by the noble Baroness. Th...

My Lords, I support Amendment 87 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Whitaker. As she said, g...

My Lords, I am very happy to support my noble friend Lady Whitaker’s amendment and to support tho...

My Lords, I, too, support the amendment. When I arrived in the East End of London 30 years ago th...

My Lords, I, too, acknowledge the work that the noble Baroness has done in this respect. I agree ...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to all noble Lords who have supported this amendment and indeed...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

88: Clause 21, page 22, line 35, at end insert—

I beg to move Amendment 88 and shall speak also to Amendments 89 to 95 and Amendment 121. Maximis...

My Lords, Amendment 93A is in my name. In speaking to his amendments, the Minister referred to an...

My Lords, for the record, I fully acknowledge my noble friend’s contribution in that regard.

My Lords, I am grateful and my pride is restored. When I received the open-door response from my ...

My Lords, we are grateful for the explanation provided by the Minister today and in the letter of...

My Lords, first, I thank my noble friend for his amendment and I thank the noble Lord, Lord McKen...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

89: Clause 21, page 22, line 36, leave out “of the H...

Moved by

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon

90A: Clause 21, page 23, line 18, at end insert—...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 90A, I must thank the right reverend prelate the Bishop of St Alban...

My Lords, I am glad to speak in support of this amendment proposed by the noble Baroness, Lady Ro...

My Lords, I apologise to the House that I have not participated in the debate on this Bill so far...

My Lords, I, too, support the amendment moved so clearly and effectively by the noble Baroness, L...

My Lords, the right reverend Prelate referred to the importance attached to this issue and the st...

My Lords, I will be brief because I sense that the House wants to reach a decision. In my former ...

My Lords, I missed the opening of this debate because I was upstairs at a meeting of the APPG on ...

My Lords, I apologise for not having spoken previously on the Bill; at the time, I was out of act...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for tabling the amendment and for the opportunity to discuss...

My Lords, first, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in this important debate and thank...

I have been listening very carefully to what the Minister said, but did he say that the estate wa...

Several questions were raised, and I know that the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, although he has tabl...

This is extremely important. The public forest estate is owned by the Government, but the questio...

I would ask my noble friend to allow me to finish. Once I have concluded my remarks, his question...

I thank the Minister for that very conciliatory answer. Will he be as good as to confirm that if,...

My Lords, I feel that I have charity in abundance myself, personally. I gave an assurance to my n...

My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the Minister for listening. As he knows, words are simply no...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

91: Clause 21, page 24, line 19, leave out “of that ...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

92: Clause 21, page 24, line 26, at end insert—

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

93: Clause 22, page 25, line 15, leave out from “Aut...

Moved by

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

94: Clause 22, page 25, line 36, after “Authority” i...

Moved by

Lord McKenzie of Luton

95A: Clause 23, page 26, line 2, at end insert—