Member

Amendment 35 proposed by the noble Lord, Lord Howard of Rising, would insert a new clause requiring that a new risk assessment be carried out before the planning process can be reopened. This would simply duplicate what has already happened as part of the statutory planning process. Security risks are, and will continue to be, fully addressed as part of the planning process within the statutory planning framework, which is the proper forum for considering them. As I have said, the assurance and undertaking given to the Select Committee can give parliamentarians confidence that they will be able to examine the information provided as part of the redetermination of the planning application, subject to the caveat that I have already mentioned regarding confidentiality. This new clause is therefore unnecessary; I respectfully request that the noble Lord not move his amendment.