Planning Bill
1:00 pm
Jacqui Lait (Shadow Minister, Communities and Local Government; Beckenham, Conservative)
I, too, welcome you back to the Chair, Mr. Illsley. You will be pleased to know that it will be much easier to keep us in order than it was.
May I thank the Minister for those assurances and also the efforts that the hon. Member for Sheffield, Attercliffe made? I would, however, like to have a vote on the principle of scrutiny by Parliament, which should not take long in this Committee. I accept the assurances that the Minister gave, but think that it is so important, both inside and outside the House, that proper arrangements are made for parliamentary scrutiny and that they are accepted and understood that I would like to get our views on the record. Therefore, if the hon. Member for Sheffield, Attercliffe is minded not to press amendment No. 280 to a vote, I would like to do so myself.