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House of Commons

Tuesday 6 January 2015

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Infrastructure Bill [Lords]

[Fourth and Fifth sittings]

Richard Burden

Negatived on division  30

Clause  20,  page  12,  line  33,  at end insert—

“(iii)
which is not a species of Community Interest as defined under

the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992)”

Clause Agreed to.

Mr John Hayes

Agreed to  28

Clause  21,  page  23,  line  4,  at end insert—

  “NOTE. The common name or names given in the first column of this

Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any

dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken

into account.”

Mr John Hayes

Agreed to  29

Clause  21,  page  23,  line  9,  at end insert—

  “NOTE. The common name or names given in the first column of this

Schedule are included by way of guidance only; in the event of any

dispute or proceedings, the common name or names shall not be taken

into account.”

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

Clauses 22 to 24 Agreed to.

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Roberta Blackman-Woods

Withdrawn  48

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  29,  leave out “or” and insert “to exercise a discretion, or

with the consent of the Secretary of State to allow”

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Negatived on division  49

Clause  25,  page  24,  line  31,  at end add “after consultation with the National

Infrastructure Commission”

Clause Agreed to.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Withdrawn  50

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  6,  at end insert “and where a local plan is in place”

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Withdrawn  51

Clause  26,  page  25,  line  11,  at end insert “except that it does not apply to any

condition designed to mitigate direct impacts on animal welfare, public amenity, health

and wellbeing, local infrastructure”

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Not called  52

Clause  26,  page  26,  line  9,  at end insert “or where a planning performance

agreement is in place”

Clause Agreed to.

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Withdrawn  53

Clause  27,  page  26,  line  32,  at end insert—

“( )
The Secretary of State shall lay before Parliament regulations streamlining

compulsory purchase order powers for HCAs and councils.

( )
The powers of HCAs will be strengthened to enhance the delivery of housing

provision.

( )
The Secretary of State should bring forward proposals to give councils the power

to incentivise the building on land provided for development, including by the

HCA, and allocated within a local plan, where it is not brought forward within

five years. This should be applied only where land is voluntarily put into a plan

and can be demonstrated to be deliverable and should be accompanied by a

mechanism for appeal.”

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Withdrawn  54

Clause  27,  page  26,  line  34,  after “HCA”, insert “or councils”

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Roberta Blackman-Woods

Not called  55

Clause  27,  page  26,  line  36,  after “HCA”, insert “or councils”

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Withdrawn  56

Clause  27,  page  26,  line  37,  at end insert “provided that any designated property,

rights or liabilities to be transferred pursuant to a scheme—

(a)
have been classified as surplus;

(b)
do not compromise land forming part of a common, open space or fuel or

field garden allotment;

(c)
do not extinguish any public right of way;

(d)
are subject to transparent reporting of all aspects of the transaction to the

Land Registry; and

(e)
shall be subject to a test of viability that is underpinned by guidance and

an open book approach.”

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Withdrawn  58

Clause  27,  page  26,  line  41,  at end insert—

“(2A)
Regulations under subsection (2) must specify a New Town Development

Corporation, subject to the objectives set out in section [Place making objectives

for New Town Development Corporation].”

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Not called  57

Clause  27,  page  27,  line  9,  at end insert—

““Common”, “open space” and “fuel and field allotment” have the same

meaning as in section 19 of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981”

Clause Agreed to.

Alistair Burt

Mr Brooks Newmark

Not selected  62


Clause  28,  page  33,  line  21,  leave out subsection (11) and insert—

“(11)
The amendments made by this section apply in relation to any land to which

section 11 and Schedule 3 to the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 or section

26 and Schedule 6 to the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 applied.”

Clause Agreed to.

[Adjourned until Thursday at 11.30 am



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