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Debate on Thursday, 26 April 2012, in the House of Commons, led by Greg Clark. The answering member was Roberta Blackman-Woods.

National Planning Policy Framework

Debate on a motion that this House has considered the matter of the National Planning Policy Framework. Agreed on question. [Relevant Documents: Oral and written evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee, on Sustainable Development in the National Planning Policy Framework, HC 1480; the Eighth Report from the Communities and Local Government Committee, on The National Planning Policy Framework, HC 1526, and the Government response, Cm 8322.]

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Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
543 c1180-207 
Session
2010-12
Department
Department for Communities and Local Government
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Stephen Mosley | 543 c1185-6 (Link to this contribution) I will stick to the NPPF debate, if the hon. Gentleman does not mind. In Chester, we do not insist ...
Clive Betts | 543 c1186-7 (Link to this contribution) First, I want to note the very unsatisfactory nature of the debate on this important issue. Our deba...
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Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c1183 (Link to this contribution) I hope the local community in my hon. Friend's constituency has heard that point on Conservative cou...
Nigel Mills | 543 c1184 (Link to this contribution) Will my hon. Friend join me in urging councils that are currently consulting on potentially adding s...
Stephen Mosley | 543 c1183-4 (Link to this contribution) Planning is, quite rightly, a very sensitive issue. It is about conserving and improving our existin...
Andrew George | 543 c1184-5 (Link to this contribution) I agree with everything the hon. Gentleman has said. On getting the balance right, which is part of ...
Stephen Mosley | 543 c1184 (Link to this contribution) I have huge sympathy with my hon. Friend's point of view. Green belts are there to prevent not only ...
Tristram Hunt | 543 c1185 (Link to this contribution) I am enjoying the hon. Gentleman's celebration of the virtues of heritage. Will he clarify whether h...
Stephen Mosley | 543 c1185 (Link to this contribution) Of course they currently have a right of appeal, but it is via judicial review, which can be difficu...
Chris Heaton-Harris | 543 c1189 (Link to this contribution) I think the hon. Gentleman will find that two lawyers will have a number of different views.
Clive Betts | 543 c1189-90 (Link to this contribution) I stand corrected on that point. The fact that some of the wording is open to interpretation may ca...
Clive Betts | 543 c1189 (Link to this contribution) I will, but for the last time, because I know that other Members want to contribute.
Chris Heaton-Harris | 543 c1187 (Link to this contribution) As a former Member of the European Parliament I can remember the directive that we passed, but it do...
Clive Betts | 543 c1187 (Link to this contribution) I thought the hon. Member for Daventry (Chris Heaton-Harris) might respond to that question.
Clive Betts | 543 c1187 (Link to this contribution) Well, we have seen a lot of letters to newspapers saying, ““Please stop all these wind turbines bein...
Clive Betts | 543 c1188-9 (Link to this contribution) I am sympathetic to the hon. Gentleman's point. He has a long history of arguing for more of the rig...
Andrew George | 543 c1188 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman poses a very difficult question. He knows that it is almost intractable, and I kn...
Clive Betts | 543 c1187-8 (Link to this contribution) In the end, I am a committed localist. I believe in consultation and taking account of the wishes of...
Marcus Jones | 543 c1182 (Link to this contribution) I am heartened by the hon. Lady's and the Labour party's enthusiasm for neighbourhood planning and f...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c1182-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has made that plea very well himself. Neighbourhood planning is something that a...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c1182 (Link to this contribution) Many commentators have written about how vague a lot of the language in the NPPF is and we have rehe...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c1182 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is right that the guidance must be interpreted by local communities as well as planner...
Baroness Morgan of Cotes | 543 c1182 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps the hon. Lady will come on to this, but the planning system is in place not just for planner...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c1180-1 (Link to this contribution) On behalf of the Opposition, I echo the Minister's sentiments about Councillor Mark Worrall. It is d...
Greg Clark | 543 c1180 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That this House has considered the matter of the National Planning Policy Framework."...
Tristram Hunt | 543 c1194-5 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for the intervention, as I am an adamant defender of the green belt; almost like ...
Anna Soubry | 543 c1194 (Link to this contribution) Given what the hon. Gentleman has said, will he join me in urging Labour councillors in Broxtowe not...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 543 c1196 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the hon. Gentleman would accept that the percentage of development that occurred on brow...
Dan Poulter | 543 c1195-6 (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak in support of the Government's national planning policy framework. I want to put on ...
Tristram Hunt | 543 c1193-4 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for the intervention, which highlights exactly what we warned of: such changes ne...
Tristram Hunt | 543 c1193 (Link to this contribution) This week, we heard the extraordinary statistic that only 56 affordable homes had been built in the ...
Baroness Brown of Silvertown | 543 c1193 (Link to this contribution) I am looking forward to hearing my hon. Friend's speech on planning policy, but may I say that the p...
Caroline Nokes | 543 c1190-1 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the opportunity to contribute to a debate on the future of planning policy, which is a top...
Joan Walley | 543 c1191-2 (Link to this contribution) Insufficient time is available to us to debate this subject. The Government business managers have f...
Stuart Andrew | 543 c1192-3 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to speak in this debate, Mr Deputy Speaker. Like many hon. Members...
Baroness Morgan of Cotes | 543 c1198-9 (Link to this contribution) I am conscious of time so I will keep my remarks as short as I can. I draw the attention of the Hous...
Tristram Hunt | 543 c1197 (Link to this contribution) Will my right hon. Friend reflect on Ministers' approach to information and statistics, given that t...
Nick Raynsford | 543 c1197-8 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. I was going to say that I hoped that the Under-Secretary of State...
Dan Poulter | 543 c1196-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. My key point is that of course it is important to develo...
Nick Raynsford | 543 c1197 (Link to this contribution) The ultimate test of the NPPF will be the outcomes it delivers, not the remarks made by people who w...
Iain Stewart | 543 c1200 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Lady will forgive me, I will not take any interventions, in order to leave time for othe...
Iain Stewart | 543 c1199-200 (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate the Government on their revisions to the NPPF; they have genuinely listened to ...
Speaker | 543 c1201 (Link to this contribution) To resume his seat at 5.40 pm, I call Mark Pawsey.
Chris Heaton-Harris | 543 c1200-1 (Link to this contribution) I am going to whizz through my speech and, I hope, leave plenty of time for my hon. Friend the Membe...
Speaker | 543 c1200 (Link to this contribution) Thank you very much. That is properly noted.
Nick Raynsford | 543 c1200 (Link to this contribution) On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. In slimming down my speech to meet the four-minute time limi...
Jack Dromey | 543 c1202-3 (Link to this contribution) On Tuesday, the Chamber resounded to paeans of praise to the Minister from the Minister. It would be...
Speaker | 543 c1202 (Link to this contribution) Order. I apologise to the hon. Gentleman. I call Mr Jack Dromey.
Mark Pawsey | 543 c1201-2 (Link to this contribution) I express my gratitude to my hon. Friends for their courtesy. I speak as a member of the Select Comm...
Jack Dromey | 543 c1204 (Link to this contribution) Labour, as the champion of the countryside and the green belt, strongly believes in a brownfield-fir...
Anna Soubry | 543 c1204 (Link to this contribution) It is kind and generous of the hon. Gentleman to give way. Does he agree that it is imperative, as w...
Jack Dromey | 543 c1204-5 (Link to this contribution) I ask the hon. Lady to give my best regards to her father-in-law, even if his judgment is profoundly...
Andrea Leadsom | 543 c1204 (Link to this contribution) My father-in-law, who has been a listed buildings expert for his entire career, is delighted with th...
Helen Grant | 543 c1205 (Link to this contribution) The NPPF is a good and thoughtful document, but a couple of my constituents have raised concerns abo...
Lord Stunell | 543 c1205 (Link to this contribution) The Government welcome the opportunity to debate this subject both today and the day before yesterda...
Lord Stunell | 543 c1205-6 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree that the community infrastructure levy is an important part of the planning archite...
Clive Betts | 543 c1206 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is talking about an improved system. When we add up the sum total of the planning appro...
Lord Stunell | 543 c1206 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her helpful contribution. It is one of a large number of well informed and...
Jack Dromey | 543 c1206 (Link to this contribution) On the figures, and comparing the record of the Labour Government and this Government, can the Minis...
Lord Stunell | 543 c1206-7 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman was honest enough to say that housing did not have centrality under the last Gove...
Lord Stunell | 543 c1206 (Link to this contribution) The Chair of the Committee—incidentally, it made an extremely important contribution to our consider...
Brandon Lewis | 543 c1182 (Link to this contribution) Will the hon. Lady give examples of that obscure language? One thing that struck me and the parish c...
Speaker | 543 c1190 (Link to this contribution) Order. This is a very short debate, and I want to accommodate as many speakers as I possibly can. I ...
Anna Soubry | 543 c1206 (Link to this contribution) I know time is running out, but does the Minister agree that it is imperative that councils set thei...
Barry Sheerman | 543 c1183 (Link to this contribution) Are we going to be consistent? All hon. Members want genuine, positive neighbourhood engagement in p...
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