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Infrastructure Planning (Decisions) Regulations 2010

I entirely understand that the noble Lord did not take part in the debates on the Planning Bill when it was going through this House. Of course, the national policy statements have to be scrutinised by both Houses of Parliament. You would not necessarily appreciate that if you looked at the front page of each of them because they refer only to the House of Commons, but it is in fact both Houses. There is a procedure and, on 23 February, we shall start our scrutiny. The noble Lord will not necessarily be aware that during the passage of the Bill, I moved that Parliament should approve the national policy statements. That was turned down by the Government and is not in the present law. However, it will be the policy of the party I support if we find ourselves in office after the election.