Neighbourhood Planning Bill

My Lords, as this is the first time I have spoken today, I refer the Committee to my entry in the...

I must advise your Lordships that if Amendment 60 is agreed I cannot call Amendment 61 by reason ...

My Lords, I come at this from a rural angle. In most cases a village or market town pub is an ess...

My Lords, I support the amendment and every word uttered by the noble Lords, Lord Kennedy and Lor...

My Lords, I support Amendment 60 but speak to Amendment 61 in my name, which broadly reflects the...

My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Shipley’s amendment, which I think has the same purpose ...

My Lords, if my noble friend has ever studied the history of the most successful political party ...

My Lords, I have not participated in proceedings on the Bill before, so I apologise to the Commit...

My Lords, I declare my local government interests and should also, having regard to what the nobl...

My Lords, I also support the amendments in the names of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy of Southwark...

Is the noble Lord therefore intending to apply this to every restaurant, every Starbucks and ever...

As the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, said at the start, most businesses do not have this automatic pe...

My Lords, briefly, I support the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy. A local village pub g...

My Lords, I had not intended to speak in this debate but I do so in support of the amendment, mai...

My Lords, I thank noble Lords who have participated in the debate on Amendments 60 and 61. I also...

My Lords, we have discussed this group of amendments for over an hour, so I feel that we are gett...

If the noble Lord has information independently of CAMRA ahead of the meeting, that would be usef...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

64A: After Clause 13, insert the following new Cla...

My Lords, I hope that we will be a bit quicker on the next few groups. Amendment 64A, which is in...

My Lords, I have a little concern with the amendment—not with the thrust of where it is trying to...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for raising this matter, and the noble Lord, Lord...

I thank the noble Lord, Lord Scriven, for his contribution to the debate. I fully accept the poin...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

65: Clause 14, page 13, line 13, leave out subsection (1) and i...

I shall speak also to Amendments 68, 72 and 73. This group is the first of several about the proc...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 69 and 75. They are pretty much self-explanatory. The forme...

My Lords, the co-pilot is back in charge. I thank the noble Lords, Lord Shipley and Lord Beecham,...

I am grateful to the Minister for his reply. I draw his attention to two facts. First, the Govern...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

66: Clause 14, page 13, line 14, leave out paragraphs ...

I must advise the Grand Committee that if Amendment 67 is agreed to, I will not be able to call A...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

70: Clause 14, page 13, line 21, leave out “enactment”...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

74: Clause 14, page 13, line 31, leave out subsection ...

Tabled by

Lord Beecham

75: Clause 14, page 13, line 31, at end insert—

“( ) Thi...

My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s assurance. In those circumstances, I will not move the...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

76: Clause 15, page 13, line 35, leave out “same”

My Lords, we now move to the second group of amendments on temporary possession. Clause 15 deals ...

My Lords, Amendment 86 is in my name, and I want to ask the Minister a question. Clause 15 sets o...

I may need to write to the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, about the specific issue he has raised on Am...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

77: Clause 15, page 13, line 36, leave out “as is or w...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

87: Clause 15, page 14, line 18, leave out subsection ...

Moved by

Lord Kennedy of Southwark

88: Clause 16, page 14, line 36, after “authority”...

My Lords, I am aware that I have tabled a number of amendments to this section of the Bill. I am ...

My Lords, I shall speak to Amendments 89, 91, 92, 93 and 94 in my name. These five amendments rel...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Kennedy, for tabling his Amendment 88. I appreciate that h...

I would not say that I was unduly disturbed, but I would be grateful if the Minister would commen...

I am sorry for doing a disservice to the noble Lord.

Amendment 90, tabled by the noble Lord...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his response in respect of Amendment 88. He is entirely corr...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

95: Clause 19, page 16, line 8, leave out “injury the claimant ...

My Lords, in moving Amendment 95, I will also speak to Amendments 96, 97 and 102. Clause 19 makes...

My Lords, speaking as a lawyer, although happily not practising, I see no need to amend the term ...

I am grateful for this growing cross-party alliance on how to deal with one of the amendments. I ...

I am grateful for the Minister’s clarification of that and look forward to further discussion and...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

98: Clause 19, page 16, line 29, leave out “claim” and...

I must advise the Grand Committee that if Amendment 101 is agreed to, I cannot call Amendment 102...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

101: Clause 19, page 16, line 33, leave out from “sect...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

103: After Clause 23, insert the following new Clause—...

Moved by

Baroness Parminter (LD)

104: Clause 24, page 20, line 29, at end insert—

My Lords, Amendment 104 stands in my name and that of the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, who is no...

My Lords, I support the amendment in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, and speak to...

My Lords, I shall deal first with the point that the noble Lord, Lord Beecham, has just made. Of ...

I thank the Minister very much for his consideration of my comments and his commitment to engage ...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

105: Clause 25, page 20, leave out line 43

106: ...

Moved by

Lord Shipley

107: Clause 27, page 21, line 24, after “scheme” insert “(or th...

Clause 27 relates to the no-scheme principle. In moving Amendment 107, I wish to speak also to Am...

My Lords, I will be brief. In this group, I have Amendments 116, 117, 118 and 119. The first thre...

My Lords, we have moved on to the no-scheme principle. The problem with this principle is that si...

My Lords, I beg leave to withdraw Amendment 107. I look forward to reading carefully in Hansard w...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

108: Clause 27, page 21, line 25, after “land” insert ...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

112: Clause 27, page 21, line 40, leave out “if the sc...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

120: Clause 31, page 27, line 27, leave out “section 3...

My Lords, we now move on to Clause 31, which deals with the joint acquisition of land by the Grea...

My Lords, I have Amendments 122, 125 and 126 in this group. I will speak to them very briefly and...

I see the wisdom of what is proposed in these amendments, reinforced by government Amendment 124,...

My noble friend Lord True invites me to go way beyond my negotiating remit by extending to London...

The noble Lord, Lord True, makes an interesting point. I am a member, although not the leader, of...

It is indeed a valid point, but it goes wider than the narrow issue before us. As a former member...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

121: Clause 31, page 27, line 33, after “Schedule 11” ...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

123: Clause 31, page 27, line 42, after “Schedule 11” ...

Moved by

Lord Young of Cookham

124: Clause 31, page 28, line 13, at end insert—