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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 9 September 2025

Debate

Planning and Infrastructure Bill

Contribution

I have one final thought. The honourable Member described these as “small but mighty” green spaces, which I think is a lovely phrase. The Government are thinking about a land use strategy, and one thing that we are very aware of is that we do not have enough land and we have to have multiple uses of the same piece of land. Allotments and community gardens, with all the different ways in which they contribute to society, are pretty well the definition of multiple uses benefiting societies, communities and nature. Surely we should be including this.

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