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Lord Teverson (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 September 2025

Debate

Planning and Infrastructure Bill

Contribution

My Lords, I will speak to my Amendments 271 and 272. In response to the Minister, one way of quickening these procedures, and getting rid of the risk of a Member speaking for a long time while withdrawing an amendment, is actually for the Government to accept a few of the amendments. Altogether, I think we have probably tabled some 400 amendments, many of which seem to be common sense. However, we seem to have had ministerial resistance to absolutely everything so far, which I do not think is a particularly good sign. However, I shall give the Government a chance because my amendments should obviously be accepted. Even more seriously, Clause 58(2) starts quite promisingly. It says: “In preparing an EDP, Natural England must have regard to”, and then lists “the development plan for the development area … the current environmental improvement plan … any Environment Act strategies”— which, I am pleased to say, would include local nature recovery strategies. However, at the end of the subsection, it says “so far as Natural England considers them to be relevant”.

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