Member

I acknowledge the assistance I have received from planning lawyers HSF Kramer LLP—specifically Catherine Howard—and senior ecologist Andrew Baker in the drafting of my Amendment 349. I mentioned environmental delivery plans; they are being developed as a way of preventing environmental laws blocking developments. Of course I welcome that, but there are some real issues about how the habitats regulations are interpreted in this country. Why do other countries with the same broad regulations seem to allow major infrastructure projects through without the nonsenses that we see coming from agencies such as Natural England?