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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 15 September 2025

Debate

Planning and Infrastructure Bill

Contribution

The second thing I challenged them on outside the meeting was who is going to implement these long-term environmental commitments. The answer came back that, basically, environmental NGOs will be contracted to run them. These are going to run for years: what happens if said NGO goes pop in the meantime? Who takes over the liability for that covenant? I was told, “Oh, well, it is the landowner”, which worried me.

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