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Housing and Regeneration Bill

With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 32— Definition of ‘community land trust’— ‘““Community land trust”” means a non-profit organisation which is an industrial and provident society, a company limited by guarantee or other incorporated body whose governing instrument contains provisions to the following effect— (a) the primary purpose of the organisation is to hold land and other assets in order to promote the social, economic and environmental sustainability of a specified local geographic community by providing or facilitating the provision of affordable or other sub-market housing or other community-based facilities and services, (b) the organisation will not dispose of its land and other assets save in the furtherance of its objectives as set out in paragraph (a), (c) the membership of the organisation is open to organisations which are located in or persons whose principal place of residence, work or business is located in the specified community the organisation is established to serve (although the organisation may have different classes of membership), (d) over 50 per cent. of the governing body is elected by the members of the organisation, (e) the organisation is accountable to the local community through annual reporting or otherwise, and is responsive to the local community’s needs and to representations made on its behalf, and (f) it is an organisation established to help enable the community and those who live or work there to benefit from the land or other assets it holds.’. New clause 33— Duty to monitor and promote re-use of brownfield land— ‘(1) The HCA must identify, collate and publish up-to-date information on the availability, including type and location, of brownfield land in England at district, regional and national level. (2) The HCA must keep this data under review and publish its findings annually. (3) The HCA must promote the re-use and reclamation of brownfield land by acting as the Government’s statutory adviser on brownfield land, by providing advice and grants and by commissioning, undertaking or supporting research and other projects to further best practice. (4) In this section ““brownfield land”” means land which has previously been developed.’. Government amendments Nos. 16 and 17. Amendment No. 151, page 2, line 4, in clause 2, at end insert— ‘(d) to facilitate the provision and supply of home ownership including, in particular, low cost home ownership through community land trusts.’. Government amendments Nos. 18 to 24. Amendment No. 1, page 11, line 38, in clause 22, at end insert— ‘(1A) Local authorities shall be eligible for financial assistance under subsection (1).’. Government amendment No. 60. Government amendment No. 25. Amendment No. 229, page 15, line 17, in clause 34, leave out from ‘HCA’ to end of line 18 and insert ‘must exercise its functions with the objective of contributing to sustainable development. (3) The Secretary of State may issue guidance to the HCA for the purposes of this section and the HCA must have regard to any guidance so issued.’. Amendment No. 207, page 15, line 22, in clause 35, leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert ‘social housing’. Amendment No. 208, page 15, line 23, leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert ‘social housing’. Amendment No. 209, page 15, line 27, leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert ‘social housing’. Amendment No. 210, page 15, line 29, leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert ‘social housing’. Amendment No. 211, page 15, line 33, leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert ‘social housing’. Amendment No. 212, page 15, line 35, leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert ‘social housing’. No. 213, page 15, line 38, leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert ‘social housing’. Amendment No. 214, page 15, line 40, leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert ‘social housing’. Amendment No. 215, page 16, line 1, leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert ‘social housing’. Amendment No. 216, page 16, line 3, leave out ‘low cost rental accommodation’ and insert ‘social housing’. Amendment No. 217, page 16, leave out line 9 and insert ‘social housing has the meaning given by section 69.’. Government amendments Nos. 135 and 136. Amendment No. 137, page 21, line 11, in clause 48, at end insert— ‘(1A) The Secretary of State may give guidance to the HCA to ensure that, in exercising its powers, the HCA does not expose any person to any risk to their health arising from exposure to electric and magnetic fields with a frequency of between 30 and 300 Hertz.’. Amendment No. 138, page 21, line 28, in clause 49, at end insert— ‘(1A) The Secretary of State may give a direction to the HCA to ensure that, in exercising its powers, the HCA does not expose any person to any risk to their health arising from exposure to electric and magnetic fields with a frequency of between 30 and 300 Hertz.’. Government amendment No. 26. Amendment No. 139, page 39, line 6, in clause 88, at end insert— ‘(3A) Pursuit of Objective 2 includes, but is not limited to, protection from the risks to health arising from exposure to electric and magnetic fields with a frequency of between 30 and 300 Hertz.’. Amendment No. 140, page 39, line 29, at end insert— ‘(15) The Secretary of State may add to or amend the regulator’s fundamental objectives as the Secretary of State thinks appropriate.’. Amendment No. 141, page 40, line 32, at end insert ‘; and (c) specify the proportion of housing built within 60 metres, measured in any direction, of an overhead transmission line.’. Amendment No. 142, page 72, line 41, in clause 180, leave out ‘, and’. Amendment No. 143, page 72, line 42, at end insert ‘; (m) the distance of housing from any overhead transmission line; and (n) the levels of electric and magnetic fields with a frequency of between 30 and 300 Hertz permitted in housing.’. Amendment No. 144, page 101, line 15, in clause 261, at end insert— ‘““overhead transmission line”” means any electric line above ground which carries or is capable of carrying electricity at or more than 275 kiloVolts,’. Amendment No. 233, page 138, line 13, in schedule 1, after ‘year’, insert ‘, including how it has contributed to the achievement of sustainable development,’. Government amendments Nos. 27 and 28.