Planning Bill
3:30 pm
John Healey: Perhaps I was not clear enough earlier on. That is precisely what the commission will be required to do. When it exercises these powers, it will be required to explain how it has used them. Bernadette Kelly is right that there is, to be precise, a power of direction for Ministers to ensure that the commission uses the powers in certain ways and particularly to ensure that we do not breach any international obligations. To be clear, people who are subject to compulsory purchase orders as a result of this provision will have exactly the same rights that they have at present.