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House of Commons

Tuesday 15th January 2008

Public Bill Committee Proceedings

Planning Bill

[Fifth and Sixth Sittings]

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

Negatived on division  230

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out subsection (1) and insert—

‘(1)
The Secretary of State shall constitute an Infrastructure Planning Commission (in

this Act referred to as “the Commission”) as part of the body corporate of the

Planning Inspectorate.’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Negatived on division  1

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  6,  leave out ‘or any other’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Not called  2

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  at end insert—

‘(2A)
The Commission shall be appointed by the same means as the Planning

Inspectorate.’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Not called  40

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  8,  leave out subsection (3).

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Negatived on division  3

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  8,  at end insert—

‘(4)
This section shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by

order made by statutory instrument appoint.’.

Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 15th January 2008
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Planning Bill, continued

Dan Rogerson

Tom Brake

Not selected  77

Page  1,  line  3,  leave out Clause 1.

Clause Agreed to on division.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

Withdrawn  214

Schedule  1,  page  107,  line  8,  leave out ‘at least’ and insert ‘no more than’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

Not called  215

Schedule  1,  page  107,  line  10,  at beginning insert ‘no more than 12’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

Not called  216

Schedule  1,  page  107,  line  13,  after ‘effectively’, insert ‘, fairly’.

Mr Elfyn Llwyd

Withdrawn  60

Schedule  1,  page  107,  line  13,  at end insert ‘and must have regard to the statutory

duty upon it to discharge its functions in accordance with the principles of sustainable

development.’.

Schedule Agreed to.

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Planning Bill, continued

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

Withdrawn  240

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  10,  leave out ‘Commission must’ and insert ‘Secretary of

State may by order’.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

Not called  241

Clause  2,  page  1,  leave out lines 16 and 17.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

Not called  242

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  2,  leave out ‘Commission’ and insert ‘Secretary of State’.

Clause Agreed to.

Mrs Jacqui Lait

Robert Neill

Mr David Jones

Mr Richard Benyon

Mr David Curry

James Duddridge

Not called  243

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  11,  at end insert ‘in accordance with the code’.

Clause Agreed to.

Clause 4 Agreed to.

[Adjourned till Thursday at 9.00 a.m.