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Lord Foster of Bath (LD)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 5 March 2026

Debate

English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill

Contribution

My Lords, before I do exactly that, I thank the Minister for her very warm response. I am well aware of the difficulty around the issue of planning and licensing. The Minister will be aware that many councils have combined the two, even though they must have separate business because of the regulations and rules surrounding that. I absolutely appreciate that there are a lot of issues around that. If the Minister’s indication is that we can work this out together before Report, I look forward to that very much indeed. I know that the Government are very keen to do this, so I am sure that, between us, we will come up with a way of making it happen. With that, I beg leave to withdraw my amendment. I apologise again to the Committee for being a one-trick pony and departing fairly rapidly after having done it.

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