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As a result of that evidence session, we were keen to get more information on why an apparently arbitrary date was set for the application of the rule.
We can draw matters to the Government’s attention, pose questions to it and/or ask to be kept up to date on relevant developments. If the committee is not content with the proposal, it may make one or two recommendations, which we could come to.
We can either lift and replicate what I feel is a failed and completely out-of-date UK system or we can get the expertise on board early, set up the council, advise the Government and scrutinise the regulations.
We need a planning bill that allows that development to continue—but in a way that is properly regulated. I spent the bankholiday weekend looking at the bill, the committee’s report and the minister’s response to it.