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Housing and Regeneration Bill

I do not think that I will get into the subject of views. I am grateful for the Minister’s offer. I made a note that on this amendment I wanted to probe the distinction between, "““seriously affecting the amenity or convenience””" and ““material detriment”” to the land, and I sent it to his office, because I hoped that that would make it clear what I was after. I am conscious that officials trying to understand amendments that have been put down must have to go through all sorts of mental hoops. I would rather reduce those and be clear. If there is any other mechanism that the Government can suggest for those of us who are raising points that are nearer the technical and political end, I would be very happy to use that mechanism. It is a waste of everyone’s time, and it must sometimes be a waste of officials’ energy. When the Minister writes, I would be grateful if he would give me the reference with regard to the need for the order to be specific about the land, which was the answer to his first point.