Speeches by Hinchliff.

“We have heard quite a lot about the need to accelerate the planning process, but given that there are environmental limits on growth, as we come up against those, is it inevitable that planning applications will come into conflict with more and more environmental regulations and therefore that applications will be slow…”

“That was a fairly clear, if anxiety-inducing, set of responses. As Barry has alluded to, we will set out a report with recommendations. Would you like to see the Committee reflecting in its report any key recommendations relating to getting a coherent land use strategy in place?”

“We have heard quite a lot about land supply this afternoon. Housing, of course, is only one of the demands that we have on our land at the moment, alongside food security, energy security, transport, nature restoration targets for woodland cover. As has been alluded to, we already have exceptionally fragmented and degr…”

“We have heard quite a lot about the need to accelerate the planning process, but given that there are environmental limits on growth, as we come up against those, is it inevitable that planning applications will come into conflict with more and more environmental regulations and therefore that applications will be slow…”

“We have heard quite a lot about land supply this afternoon. Housing, of course, is only one of the demands that we have on our land at the moment, alongside food security, energy security, transport, nature restoration targets for woodland cover. As has been alluded to, we already have exceptionally fragmented and degr…”

“That was a fairly clear, if anxiety-inducing, set of responses. As Barry has alluded to, we will set out a report with recommendations. Would you like to see the Committee reflecting in its report any key recommendations relating to getting a coherent land use strategy in place?”

“I thank the Government for so guilelessly bringing forward such a broad debate allowing those of us with rural constituencies to make wide-ranging demands on behalf of the towns and villages that we represent. I look forward to further inundating Ministers’ in-trays with legions of letters about agriculture in Anstey, …”

“T10. Many towns and villages across my constituency have experienced rapid population growth in recent years, but education opportunities have not kept pace, so will the Minister meet me to discuss the specific investment needed to expand school places for my constituency’s growing population?”

“The chalk streams in North East Hertfordshire and across England are of international significance, but too often these waterways are not just polluted, but running dry. Will the Secretary of State assure me that the commission will look at the regulation needed to bring an end to not only sewage spills, but the over-a…”

“I do not doubt the motivation of Opposition Members, but the inescapable fact is that the Conservative party is ideologically incapable of putting forward real solutions to bolster our national food security. I share some of the concerns about the use of high-quality farmland for ground-mounted solar schemes, which is …”

“Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to give my maiden speech in this important debate. The ongoing transition of our energy system is having a profound and, sadly, often harmful impact on many of the communities in my constituency, so I am very hopeful that the provisions in the Bill will begin at last…”