Business of the House Debate

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Business of the House

Christopher Pincher Excerpts
Thursday 14th October 2010

(14 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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The hon. Lady raises a legitimate point about whether the loss of child benefit will have an impact on the entitlement to a state retirement pension in the wife’s own right, and that is something that we will want to consider.

Christopher Pincher Portrait Christopher Pincher (Tamworth) (Con)
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Thanks to a bizarre decision by the Planning Inspectorate, next year Tamworth faces the prospect of severe traffic chaos and potentially long-term congestion thereafter. Will my right hon. Friend give an indication of when it will be the business of this House to abolish the Planning Inspectorate and devolve power to local planning decision makers? In the course of that debate, will we be able to discuss and review some of the decisions made by the inspectorate that have yet to be implemented?

Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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My hon. Friend will have an opportunity to address those concerns when we reach the localism Bill. We have no plans to abolish the Planning Inspectorate, which allows individuals a right of appeal against refusals by local authorities, but against that background we want to push down decisions, such as those that were previously taken by regional bodies, to a local level.