Duty to have regard to post-examination neighbourhood development plan

Part of Neighbourhood Planning Bill – in the House of Commons at 3:45 pm on 28 March 2017.

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Photo of Bob Neill Bob Neill Chair, Justice Committee, Chair, Justice Committee 3:45, 28 March 2017

On behalf of those who have engaged with the Minister on this matter, may I say how much we appreciate his time and courtesy? The expert practitioners in the sector whom he and I have talked to regard the amendments as valuable. They are not necessarily the sexiest amendments we will ever see, but they clarify a number of important pieces of procedure. I hope that, in that spirit, those of us who take an interest in such matters may be able to come back to the Minister in due course with further refinements, which may not require primary legislation. I am grateful to him for the way in which he has approached this aspect of the Bill.