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Planning (Application to the Houses of Parliament) Order 2006

My Lords, we welcome not only this order but also the explanation given by the Minister. We would nearly ask her to repeat it, but I think we will have to wait to read it in Hansard. It is so complicated that it leaves a poor little man like me fairly confused until I can read it in black and white. We know that 17 May is a historic day because of this move. The order brings within the planning laws the position of the Parliamentary Estate, which until now has been uncertain and, as we have heard, unsatisfactory—it has been neither fish nor fowl. We should abide by these laws like everyone else has to do. It will be interesting to see the exact outcome. We welcome and support the order.