Committee (8th Day)

Part of Housing and Planning Bill – in the House of Lords at 6:45 pm on 22 March 2016.

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Photo of Baroness Gardner of Parkes Baroness Gardner of Parkes Conservative 6:45, 22 March 2016

My Lords, I support the point just made that language is very important in this matter, but I am slightly disturbed by the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, saying that the language is too simple and talks down to people. What does it matter if the planning officers find it all so simple? I am a great believer that ordinary people should be able to understand the law. Therefore, it should be in as simple a form as possible and we should not worry about who feels that they are being talked down to. We have just had two conflicting statements on that, but I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Andrews, that language is important.