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Housing and Regeneration Bill

Can I ask the noble Lord a question and make a point? I can see that he has become quite exercised by this. I have tried to explain to him in clear terms how minor issues that come up during development can sometimes be resolved through this process. It is not used greatly. I suggest that we write to the Committee, saying explicitly what the legislation does, how it replicates previous legislation and how that has worked, and giving some examples—a worked example, if we can find one—of how it will beneficially enable development to continue in an orderly process without treading on anyone’s toes and causing general upset and mayhem. There is nothing sinister here. This is a benign piece of legislation, put there simply to ensure that development can move forward in an orderly way.