Speeches by Hinchliff.

“I also find in my constituency that the cost of a decent home is far too high for far too many of my constituents. Does my hon. Friend agree that the solution to that problem is not, as is believed in some quarters, to give the developers the right to strip away our environment and destroy nature, but rather to get on …”

“How would you respond to the view put to this Committee by Professor Scott of Northumbria University, that the NPPF should explicitly incorporate the UN sustainable development goals in its definition of sustainable development?”

“Minister Pennycook, in this inquiry we have received a notable number of comments in written evidence highlighting concerns about the absence of an official definition of sustainable development in the most recently revised NPPF. How would you define sustainable development?”

“I think that is very clear. I will try one final time: are you confident that the current presumption in favour of sustainable development is only allowing sustainable developments to proceed, or do you have any concerns that unsustainable developments are being approved on the basis of that presumption?”

“Those are all very legitimate points. My question was about whether you think that the presumption in favour of sustainable development is currently being used to allow such developments to go ahead. You have just said you want to move to a system that does not see such developments or minimises them. You quite rightly…”

“That is a perfectly legitimate question to ask.”

“I will give you a specific example of a small market town, Buntingford, in my constituency—I apologise for it being parochial—which is currently subject to numerous hostile speculative housing applications that are leading to large, car-dependent, bolt-on estates far from the infrastructure and amenities that you have …”

“Thank you for putting that on the record. I am sure the Professor understands that as well.”

“I would be particularly interested to know whether, in the process of making decisions, the WHO recommendations will be considered. My final question is around the evidence that we have received that highlights that the current ANPS fails to provide targets on air quality and noise pollution, particularly in relation t…”

“Along similar lines, in the same year—I appreciate this is ancient history to some extent—a previous iteration of this Committee recommended that the Government, when addressing the noise impact of an expanded Heathrow, should do so against a full range of metrics, not just average noise experience, and those metrics n…”

“Following on on that theme, the Davies commission into airport capacity, which reported almost exactly a decade ago, recommended the creation of an independent aviation noise authority with statutory consultee status and a formal role in monitoring processes and further recommended that that independent authority shoul…”

“Along similar lines, in the same year—I appreciate this is ancient history to some extent—a previous iteration of this Committee recommended that the Government, when addressing the noise impact of an expanded Heathrow, should do so against a full range of metrics, not just average noise experience, and those metrics n…”

“I would be particularly interested to know whether, in the process of making decisions, the WHO recommendations will be considered. My final question is around the evidence that we have received that highlights that the current ANPS fails to provide targets on air quality and noise pollution, particularly in relation t…”

“Recognising you want further research, do you have an ambition of seeing firmer targets on those two points within the updated ANPS?”

“Minister, my constituency, North East Hertfordshire, is rather uncomfortably sandwiched between Luton Airport, which recently had its passenger expansion approved, and Stansted Airport, which has its own plans. The residents in the communities that I represent, such as Baldock, Albury and Rushden, have all contacted me…”

“We also have an updated understanding of the impact of noise pollution, for example. It comes in at a much lower level than was previously thought. As I said, my constituents are already feeling those impacts. I just want to get a clear answer. Given everything you have just described, you are confident that airport ca…”

“Following on on that theme, the Davies commission into airport capacity, which reported almost exactly a decade ago, recommended the creation of an independent aviation noise authority with statutory consultee status and a formal role in monitoring processes and further recommended that that independent authority shoul…”

“Recognising you want further research, do you have an ambition of seeing firmer targets on those two points within the updated ANPS?”

“Minister, my constituency, North East Hertfordshire, is rather uncomfortably sandwiched between Luton Airport, which recently had its passenger expansion approved, and Stansted Airport, which has its own plans. The residents in the communities that I represent, such as Baldock, Albury and Rushden, have all contacted me…”

“We also have an updated understanding of the impact of noise pollution, for example. It comes in at a much lower level than was previously thought. As I said, my constituents are already feeling those impacts. I just want to get a clear answer. Given everything you have just described, you are confident that airport ca…”