Part of Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (1st Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 5:30 pm on 17 July 2025.
Lord Ravensdale
Vice-Chair of the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology Board
5:30,
17 July 2025
Perhaps I may answer the noble Lord now. I thank him for his comments. He is absolutely right that there is a broader point here, but the Amendment took into account the scope limitations of the Bill, which is why we raised it in that way. He is right that there is a broader point on regulators, but that would take it outside the scope of this legislation.
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As a bill passes through Parliament, MPs and peers may suggest amendments - or changes - which they believe will improve the quality of the legislation.
Many hundreds of amendments are proposed by members to major bills as they pass through committee stage, report stage and third reading in both Houses of Parliament.
In the end only a handful of amendments will be incorporated into any bill.
The Speaker - or the chairman in the case of standing committees - has the power to select which amendments should be debated.
