Neighbourhood Planning Bill

My Lords, first, it is good to see the noble Baroness, Lady Bakewell, back and looking in fine fe...

My Lords, I have Amendment 38 in this string of amendments. With one in six homes at risk at pres...

My Lords, I will make my usual declarations as we start this the third day in Committee on the Ne...

My Lords, I first declare an interest as leader of a local authority—a London borough council. I ...

My Lords, I have serious concerns about Clause 12, particularly about subsections (2), (5) and (6...

My Lords, I will follow the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, in his masterly demolition of Clause 12. My...

My Lords, I find these amendments very important and significant. If we are going to tackle the i...

My Lords, I speak with humility because I am not an expert in planning, but I do so because of th...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who participated in the discussion and debate on these non-governme...

Perhaps the Minister is going to deal with this issue later, but nobody here, including me, wants...

My Lords, I have covered only one amendment so far. I appreciate that the noble Lord is making a ...

I wonder if either in that letter or perhaps in another one the Minister could set out to what ex...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Stunell, for that intervention. Obviously the National Planning Poli...

I am sorry to question the Minister, but can he confirm that in that consultation only 44% suppor...

From memory, I think that the noble Baroness is correct, although that is a majority of those who...

My Lords, I will briefly intervene—it will be brief because I am enormously grateful for the very...

My Lords, I agree with almost everything the noble Lord, Lord True, has just said. I thank the Mi...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lord True for his response. Yes, it is the intention of the Gov...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

30: Clause 12, page 10, line 35, after “a” insert...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

35: Clause 12, page 11, line 6, after “a” insert ...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

39: Clause 12, page 11, line 23, leave out “, or ...

My Lords, I oppose Clause 12 standing part of the Bill. We have just heard how controversial this...

My Lords, I gave notice of my intention to oppose Clause 12 and I support the words of the noble ...

My Lords, I too oppose the question that Clause 12 stand part of the Bill. I have been tedious be...

My Lords, I have come to the conclusion that Clause 12 should be deleted from the Bill. I now see...

I apologise for interrupting the noble Lord, but I am confused. I thought the Committee was talki...

I do not know whether the noble Lord has read paragraph 26 of the report of the Delegated Powers ...

It is not my job to defend what the DCLG is saying, but if that is treated as a pre-commencement ...

As the noble Lord might understand, the problem is that once building has started it is much more...

First, I apologise to the Committee: like my noble friend I was unable to attend the Committee la...

The noble Lord is challenging my view. There is a real risk that a local authority will not refus...

The noble Baroness has constructed her own example, and I understand the point she is making. It ...

My noble friend makes a strong point but I do not agree with him, I fear. I am not going to repea...

My Lords, I apologise to the Committee for being absent during the discussion of the previous gro...

My Lords, this afternoon we have heard a lot of concerns expressed by those who serve or have ser...

My Lords, I hesitate to intervene. I am not an expert on planning and I have never served on a lo...

My Lords, I would like Clause 12 to be taken out of the Bill. It is unsatisfactory because it is ...

My Lords, I hope that that is many years from now. I thank all noble Lords who have participated ...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate, which has gone on for well over...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

45: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clau...

My Lords, Amendment 45, which is in my name and that of the noble Lords, Lord Scriven and Lord Sh...

My Lords, before other supporters of the amendment speak, I will briefly signal my view that this...

My Lords, although my Amendment 48 is in this group, it takes rather the opposite view—or perhaps...

My Lords, I wish to speak to Amendment 45, to which I have added my name. As it is the first time...

My Lords, I want to say a few words in support of Amendment 47 tabled in my name. Our debate is e...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have participated in the debate, and I appreciate the build...

It is expected imminently, I believe.

Yes, it is imminent. Before I respond to the specific amendments in the group, I want first to ec...

My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have spoken in this debate. I very much agree with the comm...

Moved by

Baroness Parminter

46: After Clause 12, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, I am moving this amendment because of the unavoidable absence abroad of the noble Baron...

My Lords, I rise with great enthusiasm to support the noble Baroness in moving this amendment. I ...

My Lords, I would like to add my voice in support of this amendment and to repeat the point made ...

My Lords, I understand that Amendment 46 is not central to the thrust of the Bill but it will def...

My Lords, as someone who has lived all his life with trees, I feel that this afternoon’s debate h...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have participated in this very important debate on Amendment 46...

My Lords, in light of the Minister’s reassurance that the Government take this matter very seriou...

Moved by

Baroness Gardner of Parkes

49: After Clause 12, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, I feel very strongly about the issue of people constructing buildings without permissio...

My Lords, I entirely sympathise with the objectives of the noble Baroness. However, I found the a...

My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Gardner of Parkes, who speaks with great authority on thes...

I thank the Minister for his reply which I will read carefully. I may perhaps come back at the ne...

Moved by

Baroness Bakewell of Hardington Mandeville

49A: After Clause 12, insert the ...

My Lords, Amendment 49A would create a register of public land. Quite properly, local authorities...

My Lords, the purpose of Amendment 49B in my name is to draw attention to and, if possible, seek ...

My Lords, I have not put my name to this amendment but I strongly support what the noble Baroness...

My Lords, we on this side support the amendment. It is particularly welcome that there is a prope...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have participated in this debate on Amendments 49A and 49B, par...

I thank the Minister for his very positive response to both the amendments. I am very pleased to ...

Moved by

Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

50: Schedule 3, page 43, line 37, leave out parag...

Moved by

Lord Beecham

56: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause—

“Re...

My Lords, I will speak to Amendment 56. Some Members of the Committee may recall my account of th...

I thank the noble Lord for raising this issue and support him in his call. I am sure the Minister...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, for moving Amendment 56, and the noble Baroness, ...

I will withdraw the amendment, but I would like to ask for a little clarification. Is the review ...

My Lords, I think the noble Lord is asking about the first of the reviews—either the one on the H...

I am grateful. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.

Moved by

Baroness Parminter

58: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause—

My Lords, we clearly need new homes but we need to future-proof them. With homes accounting for n...

My Lords, we support the amendment of the noble Baroness. It is regrettable that having started o...

Just to confirm, it was the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, who, after we had moved ...

I am happy to accept that plea from the noble Baroness and put the entire blame on the Government...

My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, for moving this amendment in group 24, and ...

I thank the Minister for his responses and the clear answers to two of my questions. The public c...

Moved by

Baroness Andrews

59: After Clause 13, insert the following new Clause—