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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 September 2025
Debate
Planning and Infrastructure BillContribution
292: Clause 60, page 96, line 14, at end insert—
“(8) Where the Secretary of State chooses not to make an EDP, the Secretary of State must also seek to return any land obtained under a compulsory purchase order for the purposes of the EDP to the original owner.”Member's explanatory statement
This amendment requires the Secretary of State to seek to return any land obtained under a compulsory purchase order where the Secretary of State has decided not to make the connected Environmental Delivery Plan.
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