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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 4 September 2025
Debate
Planning and Infrastructure BillContribution
In this sort of quasi-judicial decision-making, ignorance is no excuse, and neither is blaming the officers. That is why empowering elected members at all levels of government and local government to be accountable is at the heart of a strong planning system—a principle that this Bill seems determined to dilute in some measure, for reasons we might now be starting to understand.
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