Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (8th Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 5:30 pm on 17 September 2025.
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab):
Moved by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab)
286A: Clause 60, page 96, line 4, leave out “conservation measures are likely to be sufficient to” and insert “effect of the conservation measures will materially”Member's explanatory statementThis Amendment would make changes to strengthen the overall improvement test, which the Secretary of State must consider before making an EDP.
Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall
Deputy Chairman of Committees, Deputy Speaker (Lords)
I alert the House that if this Amendment is agreed to, I cannot call Amendments 287 or 287A by reason of pre-emption.
Amendment 286A agreed.
Amendments 287 and 287A not moved.
Amendments 288 to 291 not moved.
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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.
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