Planning and Infrastructure Bill: motion to disagree with Lords Amendment 1

What happened: On 13 November 2025, the House of Commons voted to reject Lords Amendment 1 to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which had sought to modify the government's planning proposals. The motion to disagree with the Lords passed by 254 votes to 135. This was one of several divisions held on the same day in which the Commons pushed back against multiple amendments made to the Bill during its passage through the House of Lords.

Why it matters: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill is the government's flagship legislation intended to accelerate the delivery of new homes and major infrastructure projects across England. Lords Amendment 1 concerned the parliamentary requirements around national policy statements, specifically the scrutiny procedures applied when those statements are updated or revised. By rejecting the amendment, the Commons backed the government's preferred approach, which reduces the level of parliamentary oversight required for minor or reflective updates to national policy statements. The Bill as a whole is designed to help deliver 1.5 million new homes and fast-track 150 decisions on nationally significant infrastructure projects by the end of this Parliament.

The politics: The vote divided almost entirely along party lines. All 252 Labour and Labour and Co-operative MPs who voted did so in favour of rejecting the Lords amendment, while Conservatives, Liberal Democrats, the Greens, Reform UK, and most independents voted against. There were no notable cross-party rebellions. The result was consistent with several other divisions held on the same day, in which the Commons overturned Lords amendments on related issues including environmental protections, brownfield-first development requirements, and local democratic accountability. The Bill is now in the later stages of the parliamentary ping-pong process, with the Lords' amendments being considered and largely rejected by the government.