Speeches by Huq.

“Boris got rid of the conservation officers.”

“Camilla, over the course of your career, how have you seen the planning system change, in terms of efficiencies within it? It sounds like things are getting slacker.”

“Okay, we will steer away from—hang on, have you got churches? The churches discussion was interesting.”

“Okay, we will steer away from—hang on, have you got churches? The churches discussion was interesting.”

“The other thing, just on the churches issue, is that they are also warm spaces, with playgroups and food banks. In austerity, they have filled so many gaps.”

“Hilary—maybe you were going to mention this—I have a couple on the safe harbour scheme. How would that work in practice, because I know you have done this piece of work?”

“You want to do a plan of the whole area.”

“Do we know what the operating costs would be?”

“I have been lobbied by the people who don’t want VAT on —I think that may be in the next session as well.”

“Camilla, over the course of your career, how have you seen the planning system change, in terms of efficiencies within it? It sounds like things are getting slacker.”

“Oh, sorry.”

“Hi, everyone. It is interesting on the ruins—isn’t there an American sociological theory of broken windows? So what is the impact on a community when heritage sites are left in disuse?”

“I have been lobbied by the people who don’t want VAT on —I think that may be in the next session as well.”

“I am just thinking of an example. There is a 1928 stucco, white, chunky block of flats—a low-rise in a new bit of my seat—that was in the Ideal Home exhibition of 1928, apparently. It was women’s pioneer housing, but the allocations policies changed, and it has just become a bit of a dumping ground. There are smashed w…”

“What improvements could be made to the planning system to sort things out for you? In recent weeks, someone said to me, “There is too much pre-app”. They did their pre-app and then there is another one and there is a cost every time.”

“This is fascinating stuff, from an all-girl panel, and you have some interesting back stories as well. I had many happy hours in Blackpool at the NUS conference, and we have a hard hat picture of you, Dr Roberts—that is a Beatles song, isn’t it? Anyway, it is really good to have you all here. I am going to ask first ab…”

“You want to do a plan of the whole area.”

“What improvements could be made to the planning system to sort things out for you? In recent weeks, someone said to me, “There is too much pre-app”. They did their pre-app and then there is another one and there is a cost every time.”

“The other thing, just on the churches issue, is that they are also warm spaces, with playgroups and food banks. In austerity, they have filled so many gaps.”

“Less pre-app or more pre-app—what other improvements?”