Planning and Infrastructure Bill - Committee (8th Day) (Continued) – in the House of Lords at 6:45 pm on 17 September 2025.
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage:
Moved by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage
325A: Clause 84, page 115, line 3, leave out “revoked EDP” and insert “remedial action”Member's explanatory statementThis Amendment is consequential on my amendment inserting a new clause after clause 64.
325B: Clause 84, page 115, line 4, leave out subsection (2) and insert—“(2) In subsection (1), “remedial action purposes” means purposes connected with the taking by the Secretary of State or another public authority of—(a) a conservation measure as mentioned in section (Remedial action by Secretary of State where EDP ends or is revoked)(4)(a), or(b) any other measure to improve the conservation status of an identified environmental feature as mentioned in section (Remedial action by Secretary of State where EDP ends or is revoked)(4)(b).”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment is consequential on my amendment inserting a new clause after clause 64.
Amendments 325A and 325B agreed.
Clause 84, as amended, agreed.
Clause 85: Annual reports
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