Member

I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Hodgson of Abinger, for Amendment 261A—I apologise for the misnumbering on today’s list—which would add that an EDP must pay due regard to the welfare of animals, as per the definition in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022. Amendment 152ZA would require strategic planning authorities to have regard to the effect of their proposed spatial development strategy on animal welfare. Some developers do this incredibly well. I visited a site in Nottingham recently where detailed and specific provision had been made to accommodate the nocturnal habits of hedgehogs. The developers made a big feature of this, and it was really good to see that they had taken account of it. It was just outside a village, and the local schoolchildren had taken a great interest in it as well. So it is great to see when developers do that.