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Debate on bill on Friday, 9 May 2008, in the House of Commons, led by Michael Fallon. The answering member was Parmjit Dhanda.

Planning and Energy Bill

Planning and Energy Bill. Report stage. Third reading debate. Agreed to on question. Bill passed.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
475 c962-1032 
Session
2007-08
Department
Department for Communities and Local Government
Legislative stage
Third reading
Report stage
Procedure
New clauses
Private members' bills proceedings
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Planning and Energy Bill. As amended in Public Bill Committee.
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Bills
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Andrew Dismore | 475 c995-6 (Link to this contribution) New clause 8 deals with a series of costs. I referred to the cost of energy generation, whether that...
William Cash | 475 c996 (Link to this contribution) While the hon. Gentleman is engaged in his filibuster, I hope he appreciates that my grave concern a...
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Speaker | 475 c996 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am afraid that the hon. Gentleman is out of order. We are discussing new clauses.
Martin Linton | 475 c994 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that it is in the long-term interest both of the developer and of the pros...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c994 (Link to this contribution) I have not studied Sweden, and I know that it is one of my hon. Friend's special subjects, so he is ...
Martin Linton | 475 c994 (Link to this contribution) Sweden does not have the same housing shortage as we do, although it does have a housing need, and t...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c994-5 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend, but it is a case of the chicken and the egg. The problem is that we hav...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c995 (Link to this contribution) We all have energy consumption on our minds at the moment as it is so cold in the Chamber—
Speaker | 475 c995 (Link to this contribution) Order. May I reassure the Minister that I have asked for that matter to be addressed?
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c995 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I am sure that the rest of the House is, too. New c...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c999 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. As I have said, one must be sceptical about prefabrication—it may have a ne...
Chris Mole | 475 c999 (Link to this contribution) I warn my hon. Friend that the residents of Inverness road in my constituency would caution him agai...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c997 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. Amendment No. 12, which follows this group of new clauses, ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c996-7 (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I object to the hon. Gentleman's suggestion that I am engaged in so...
Stephen Pound | 475 c997 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend touches on an extremely important point that was alluded to earlier. Does he agree th...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c998 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has made an important point, and clause 1 can provide the answer. If we can get the r...
Stephen Pound | 475 c998 (Link to this contribution) I was initially reluctant to intervene on my hon. Friend because, following an earlier intervention,...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c997-8 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend; my right hon. Friend's constituency is Kingston upon Hull, East (Mr. Prescot...
Chris Mole | 475 c998 (Link to this contribution) A business in my constituency used to engage in the off-site fabrication of housing components, whic...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c999 (Link to this contribution) I certainly would not want to criticise the homes in my hon. Friend's constituency; I was referring ...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1000 (Link to this contribution) To follow on from that point, I should say that I am becoming more attracted to the original wording...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1000 (Link to this contribution) Of course, Madam Deputy Speaker; I am not sure how that digression started.
Stephen Pound | 475 c1000 (Link to this contribution) I willingly drag my hon. Friend back from east Yorkshire, although some in the House may wish that h...
Speaker | 475 c1000 (Link to this contribution) Order. Once again, the hon. Gentleman is making a lengthy intervention.
William Cash | 475 c999 (Link to this contribution) You should have stayed up there.
Andrew Dismore | 475 c999 (Link to this contribution) Obviously, the methods have developed since then.
Speaker | 475 c999 (Link to this contribution) Order. Will the hon. Gentleman now confine his remarks to the new clauses?
William Cash | 475 c1001 (Link to this contribution) Is the hon. Gentleman aware of how many of the people he mentions are foreign nationals?
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1000-1 (Link to this contribution) It is not an either/or situation. The fact is that the original wording will stay; new clause 8 is a...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1004-5 (Link to this contribution) My natural instinct is obviously to support my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore). Howe...
Chris Mole | 475 c1005 (Link to this contribution) We are talking about the Bill operating in the context of existing town and country planning law. A ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1001-2 (Link to this contribution) I try to treat interventions as seriously as I can, Madam Deputy Speaker, so thank you for protectin...
Michael Fallon | 475 c1002-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) asked me to reflect on various points. I am doing that and ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1001 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. However, the rules would show that most foreign nationals a...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1001 (Link to this contribution) I think that very few, if any, is the short answer to that, bearing in mind that under immigration l...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1001 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that it matters not whether a person is called Konchesky or Stalteri, and ...
Martin Linton | 475 c975 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that an important element in the progress that we make towards insulation ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c975 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. The energy efficiency rating for the home information pack ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c973-4 (Link to this contribution) Yes. I have long called for a ““Barnet formula”” to meet our needs, which are special to our area. J...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c973 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend asks a question that I do not believe anyone can answer. There are times in the life ...
Martin Linton | 475 c972-3 (Link to this contribution) Has my hon. Friend any idea of how long the catch-up process would take under the Bill, with the new...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c976-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. The Bill as drafted makes no distinction between forms of p...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c977 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. Home information packs have been controversial, but their object is to protect the purchase...
Stephen Pound | 475 c977 (Link to this contribution) I am surprised at my hon. Friend's comments, because I would have thought that for commercial premis...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c975-6 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. I hope that we will come to costs in the second group of am...
Stephen Pound | 475 c976 (Link to this contribution) It is important that I place it on the record—not just for the attention of the House, but because o...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c976 (Link to this contribution) I would certainly not question my hon. Friend's intentions in that respect. He made his intervention...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c975 (Link to this contribution) I apologise, Madam Deputy Speaker. My hon. Friend the Member for Battersea set me off. The Warm Fron...
Stephen Pound | 475 c975 (Link to this contribution) Bearing in mind your rigid strictures, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will not give the warm words of prais...
Speaker | 475 c975 (Link to this contribution) Order. I hope that the hon. Gentleman will not stray too far down that road.
Andrew Dismore | 475 c978 (Link to this contribution) Probably the latter. I entirely agree with my hon. Friend's point. The problem is that for huge buil...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c977 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend may have misunderstood what I said, or perhaps I did not express myself clearly enoug...
Chris Mole | 475 c980 (Link to this contribution) Before the hon. Gentleman moves on, does he agree that the new clause, in distinguishing between dom...
Michael Fallon | 475 c980 (Link to this contribution) I have made it clear throughout the Bill's passage—the current drafting reflects this—that I am prep...
Stephen Pound | 475 c979 (Link to this contribution) That same point occurred to me as I wondered where football stadiums would fit into the Bill. Would ...
Michael Fallon | 475 c979 (Link to this contribution) It might help if I set out my view of the amending provisions. I am very grateful to the hon. Member...
Speaker | 475 c981 (Link to this contribution) Order. As we are not yet on Third Reading, but are referring to new clause 1, will the Minister conf...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c980-1 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate all hon. Members who have so far contributed to the debate: my hon. Friends the Membe...
Michael Fallon | 475 c980 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I think that is the danger of introducing more categories into the Bill—and that danger would b...
Julia Goldsworthy | 475 c981 (Link to this contribution) The Minister's reference to the Warm Front scheme tempts me to rise to my feet. In many rural consti...
Stephen Pound | 475 c983 (Link to this contribution) I am cheered to hear the Minister delineate the Government's support for this undoubtedly excellent ...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c982-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for making her point, although I do not think she is making a commitment now i...
Stephen Pound | 475 c983-4 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's intervention. Few Members of this House have delved deeper into t...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c983 (Link to this contribution) This point comes back to one that I made at the start of my remarks. The problem with the Public Bil...
Stephen Pound | 475 c984-5 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right to see this in the historical context. There was a time when asbestos was se...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c984 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend has hit on an important point, because not so long ago asbestos was the main form of ...
Speaker | 475 c985 (Link to this contribution) Order. I remind the hon. Gentleman that interventions are meant to be brief.
Chris Mole | 475 c985 (Link to this contribution) Far be it from me to disagree with my hon. Friend, but he has just discussed some of the technologic...
Stephen Pound | 475 c986-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an extremely important point, which is relevant to home information packs, alth...
Martin Linton | 475 c986 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend agree that a new clause allowing local authorities to exceed the insulation guid...
Stephen Pound | 475 c986 (Link to this contribution) There are times when I wake up in the middle of the night in fear that I am in a dreadful Friday mor...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c985-6 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend the Member for Ipswich (Chris Mole) referred to the materials used in construction, p...
Stephen Pound | 475 c985 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the Thermal Insulation Manufacturers and Suppliers Association employs a parli...
Martin Linton | 475 c990 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend concerned that some local authorities might not be as progressive as Merton, for e...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c988-90 (Link to this contribution) A range of subjects are grouped together here incorporating a series of new ideas that the promoter ...
Speaker | 475 c988 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss the following: New clause 7—Local supply—
Andrew Dismore | 475 c988 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Andrew Dismore | 475 c987-8 (Link to this contribution) We have had an interesting discussion. The objections to new clause 1 seem to be about whether energ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c990-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. The giant wind turbines on the offshore wind farms are enti...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c991-2 (Link to this contribution) This is a serious problem. I can understand why the word ““local”” is used in this context, because ...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c991 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will be aware that there was some debate in Committee about the definition of the wor...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c990 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point, and it explains why I have phrased new clause 3 as I have. ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c993 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. I suspect that when Battersea council first set up its own ...
Martin Linton | 475 c993 (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend aware that by encouraging local authorities to take part in microgeneration and in...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c993-4 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes that remark, but one can hardly criticise the municipal fathers of 100-odd year...
Michael Fallon | 475 c1014-5 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I have not been unsympathetic to the various points raised by the hon. Member for Hendon...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1015 (Link to this contribution) It is not the Government's intention to delay the Bill in any way. The hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Mr...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1019 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. Probably the most pertinent comment with regard to the Bill's linkage with this was made...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1019 (Link to this contribution) Before my hon. Friend moves away from the read-across to Europe, which is extremely important, is he...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1018-9 (Link to this contribution) I am trying to get across to the House—I am sure that you will correct me if I digress, Mr. Deputy S...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1019 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is coming to the meat of the Bill. In what ways does he think that it will help us to...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1016-8 (Link to this contribution) We have had an interesting debate about the purpose of the Bill, and I am pleased to reiterate our s...
Speaker | 475 c1018 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Gentleman, but given that we are on Third Reading of the Bil...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1015-6 (Link to this contribution) I listened to what the hon. Member for Sevenoaks said. It is certainly not my intention to delay the...
Michael Fallon | 475 c1016 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read the Third time. I will not delay the House long, because I...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1014 (Link to this contribution) It is a little while since I read the Easter Act 1928. However, if my hon. Friend were to read it, I...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1019-21 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Perhaps not everybody in the Chamber at the moment is a Europhil...
Lord Benyon | 475 c1021 (Link to this contribution) Like the Minister, I start by paying tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Sevenoaks (Mr. Fallon)...
David Howarth | 475 c1021 (Link to this contribution) Tribute should also be paid to the hon. Member for Gower (Mr. Caton), who is not present, but who at...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1024 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I have understood the hon. Lady's last point. Presumably, private sector builders...
Julia Goldsworthy | 475 c1024-5 (Link to this contribution) I think that the hon. Gentleman is getting confused. What he said may be the case with existing hous...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1025-8 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Mr. Fallon) on achieving, I believe, the Third Reading...
Lord Benyon | 475 c1021-2 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to support that tribute. I am grateful for the chance to speak on behalf of the official...
Julia Goldsworthy | 475 c1023 (Link to this contribution) The Minister said that some contributions to the debate were briefer than others. The length of my r...
David Howarth | 475 c1023-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for mentioning the difficulties and frustrations that Cambridge council faced...
Julia Goldsworthy | 475 c1024 (Link to this contribution) I could not agree more. My hon. Friend's comments contrast with the scenario painted by the hon. Mem...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1005-6 (Link to this contribution) Not, of course, when my hon. Friend is speaking; he makes a very important point. Something that be...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1006-7 (Link to this contribution) I should say to my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) that I am instinctively attracted...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1005 (Link to this contribution) I think that it was on the Floor of the House that I first heard the word ““otiose””—I had not heard...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1008 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is nodding his head. I think that I have said exactly what he would wish to say. ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1007-8 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I should explain to my hon. Friend the point that is involved here, because I think he is ex...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1008 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that this is an issue that the hon. Member for Sevenoaks may wish to come in on too. I sha...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1008-9 (Link to this contribution) That is exactly the same point; what my hon. Friend has done is set out one of the national requirem...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1009 (Link to this contribution) One issue that was discussed in Committee was the fact that planning policy statements can change, b...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1009 (Link to this contribution) I think that my hon. Friend has overlooked new clause 7, which is sufficiently broad to take into ac...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1009-12 (Link to this contribution) Targets, ideas and criteria are better placed in guidance than in detailed legislation. I hope that ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1012-3 (Link to this contribution) We have had an interesting debate on a wide range of subjects related to these new clauses. The hon....
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1013 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move amendment No. 12, page 2, line 26, at end add— ‘(3) This Act shall come into force on...
David Howarth | 475 c1014 (Link to this contribution) Nevertheless, does the hon. Gentleman accept that the amendment would allow considerable delay in th...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1014 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a fair point. However, the lead-in time for such developments is often many...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1014 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend will be as aware as me—and the whole House, I am sure—that the Easter bank holiday le...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1008 (Link to this contribution) I accept that, but it is not necessary to include in the Bill the things that my hon. Friend is prop...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1008 (Link to this contribution) That is precisely the point, because through new clause 3, I am attempting to say, ““If a local auth...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1032 (Link to this contribution) The Bill will establish guidance—a framework, a signpost and a marker—that chimes well with what the...
Speaker | 475 c1032 (Link to this contribution) Order. That is not a point of order. I hope that the Chair has governed proceedings according to the...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1032 (Link to this contribution) Further to that point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. I am astounded that the hon. Member for Stone (M...
Speaker | 475 c1032 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman is experienced enough to know that that is not a point of order. He is als...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1029 (Link to this contribution) The term ““on-site”” is pretty specific, but I am not sure that ““near site”” is. I suppose that it ...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1029 (Link to this contribution) At the risk of offering another word of such imprecision as to make lawyers salivate and their bank ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1029 (Link to this contribution) It is at the moment; one never can tell with flood risk, as we saw on that TV programme the other da...
Speaker | 475 c1029 (Link to this contribution) Order. I was merely wondering whether the hon. Gentleman should reflect on the fact that Hendon is a...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1030 (Link to this contribution) Well, of course, but if one was going to go as far as Timbuktu, Brighton would be quite near. Howeve...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1028 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made his little intervention. I certainly do not think that we can talk about...
Nigel Evans | 475 c1028 (Link to this contribution) While the hon. Gentleman is using naval analogies, if he is talking about the Government, would not ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1028 (Link to this contribution) Yes, but supertankers coming into port need a pilot to show them the way. I hope that local authorit...
Speaker | 475 c1031 (Link to this contribution) Order. Is the hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore) giving way?
William Cash | 475 c1031 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has been droning on—
Stephen Pound | 475 c1031-2 (Link to this contribution) Normally, when the House speaks with a single voice there is reason for the nation to tremble. When ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1031 (Link to this contribution) I am not, Mr. Deputy Speaker, because I was about to draw my remarks to a close. I suspect that the ...
William Cash | 475 c1032 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. Is there any protection that the Chair can give to future b...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c1030 (Link to this contribution) I am enjoying my hon. Friend's contribution, and I really respect what he says, and the way in which...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1030 (Link to this contribution) Indeed. The real problem is that the Minister might think that he knows what ““locality”” means, ju...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1030 (Link to this contribution) Eric Forth would turn in his grave.
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1031 (Link to this contribution) I am about to draw my remarks to a close—
William Cash | 475 c1031 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Gentleman give way?
Andrew Dismore | 475 c970-1 (Link to this contribution) I think that my hon. Friend will find that that organisation simply deals with the question of insul...
Chris Mole | 475 c971 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend draws attention in new clause 1 to the role of local planning authorities and their l...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c969-70 (Link to this contribution) I take my hon. Friend's point. I have had personal experience of that problem. The issue of conversi...
Stephen Pound | 475 c970 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend refers principally to thermal insulation, but he is on to something quite important w...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c972 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point that goes back to the statistics I referred to setting out h...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c971-2 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. Any planning document, whether it is the old-fashioned unit...
Stephen Pound | 475 c972 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that there will be many arguments in the House today except on points of detail. My h...
Speaker | 475 c969 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is aware that interventions are meant to be brief.
Martin Linton | 475 c969 (Link to this contribution) Would there be any scope under my hon. Friend's new clause for higher standards to be imposed at a t...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c968-9 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. That is exactly what my new clause would achieve. It would ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c965 (Link to this contribution) I have done that bit of homework. The Thermal Insulation Manufacturers and Suppliers Association has...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c965-6 (Link to this contribution) Given the thickness of the document and paper's lack of conductivity, that might not be a bad idea. ...
Stephen Pound | 475 c966 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the whole House would concur with my hon. Friend's points about the Warm Front scheme...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c966-7 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend presages some of the points I was going to make on the second group of amendments, an...
Stephen Pound | 475 c967-8 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend underlines in many ways the importance of this Bill promoted by the hon. Member for S...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c968 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. I suspect that most people would not be able to afford th...
Martin Linton | 475 c968 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend's new clause have the potential to encourage not only registered social landlord...
Chris Mole | 475 c965 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making interesting points about the value of insulation in this whole strategy. I ...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c964-5 (Link to this contribution) That is my objective. Clause 1(1) allows local authorities to, for example, develop policies for the...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c964 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made an important point. We may have to wait for further amendments to the bu...
Nigel Evans | 475 c963 (Link to this contribution) Would it not be tidier not to include the provision in this Bill and to introduce a requirement to c...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c962-3 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Sevenoaks (Mr. Fallon) on having got so far with his Bill so earl...
Speaker | 475 c962 (Link to this contribution) With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment No. 11, in clause 2, page 2, line 17, at end ad...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c962 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
Stephen Pound | 475 c964 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for the positive way in which he is approaching this excellent Bill. New clau...
Andrew Dismore | 475 c973 (Link to this contribution) Indeed, but with one ““t””.
Andrew Dismore | 475 c1000 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who has made a good point. Most people would like to live in an ene...
Speaker | 475 c1001 (Link to this contribution) Order. I suggest that the hon. Gentleman confine his remarks to the content of his new clause and is...
Stephen Pound | 475 c1028 (Link to this contribution) I do not want to be tedious, but there is no way that a supertanker could ever emulate the style of ...
Chris Mole | 475 c976 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for giving way a third time. He has said a lot about the implications for dom...
Parmjit Dhanda | 475 c981 (Link to this contribution) I am very happy to do that. I was about to come on to new clause 1, but before I do so I would like ...
Subjects
Conservation Construction Climate change Energy Insulation Heating Planning permission Planning Public participation Microgeneration Standards Renewable energy Carbon emissions
Legislation
Planning and Energy Bill 2007-08
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