Member

Finally, I turn to Amendment 275A tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Neville-Rolfe, regarding consideration of SME housebuilders. She kindly messaged to say that she was not going to be able to be here today and I thank her for that. It is important that she has drawn attention to the need to understand potential impacts on small housebuilders. The nature restoration fund is an alternative way to discharge existing environmental obligations. It does not create new obligations for developers and, as charging schedules will be published as part of the EDP, developers will be able to make informed choices based on known costs rather than having to await the outcome of often complex environmental assessments before knowing the cost of meeting a relevant environmental obligation.