Planning Bill
1:00 pm
Elfyn Llwyd (Parliamentary Leader; Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Plaid Cymru)
I, too, welcome you to the Chair, Mr. Illsley. Just before we adjourned, the Minister was explaining why my amendment, new clause 6 and the other amendments in the group were not necessary. They all related to public participation, accountability and parliamentary scrutiny. In these current days when everything before Parliament is guillotined and timetabled and when perhaps 100 amendments will go untouched and undiscussed when Bills are on Report, I am really not happy that we will not put something on the face of the Bill. I do not want to be stubborn, but think that it is one of the most important issues in the Bill. I would like to press the amendment to a vote.