Housing and Planning Bill

Debate between Lord Cameron of Dillington and Lord Best

Monday 11th April 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Cameron of Dillington]

If there are no other speakers—

[Lord Best]

I was going to say that it was possibly not worth me intervening at this point, other than to echo the words of the noble Lord, Lord Cameron of Dillington.

Housing and Planning Bill

Debate between Lord Cameron of Dillington and Lord Best

Thursday 3rd March 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Best]

Perhaps I may intervene and say that before we go home in a really gloomy state of mind, I did catch the point made by the Minister that below a certain number of homes on the site, there is likely to be an exclusion from this whole system. If that number is high enough, an awful lot of rural exception sites will still be possible. Before the noble Lord concludes his remarks, I should say that I cling to that hope.

[Lord Cameron of Dillington]

As I say, I have no doubt that we will be able to discuss this between now and Report. In the mean time, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment.