Planning Bill
1:00 pm
Clive Betts (Sheffield, Attercliffe, Labour)
I was reflecting over lunch—a very light lunch—on the Minister’s comments in response to my amendments and new clause. I understand that he will never be persuaded to put on the face of the Bill the level of detail that new clause 6 goes into, but am equally aware of the discussions that he will have with the Select Committee Chairs and wonder whether he would give an assurance that he will report back to us on those discussions in Committee, or on Report if the timing so determines, and give further consideration to the possibility of putting something very general in principle on the face of the Bill: simply a commitment to the House having a vote and being allowed scrutiny. In other words, amendment No. 280 without new clause 6. I am not asking for an assurance that he will do that at this stage, but simply that he will report back in the light of those discussions and give further consideration to that point of principle.