Planning Bill

I take that point, but we have to be clear that any exemptions from CIL need to be decided on the basis of objective criteria. My noble friend’s amendment fails the second of those, which relates to fairness. I hear what he says, though, and I will consider the implications of it. I turn to government Amendment No. 437A. The noble Lord, Lord Jenkin, asked about the large infrastructure projects and the implications they have for bad-neighbour questions. That is something we shall come on to in a later amendment that I seem to remember about how other countries deal with bad neighbours and give some form of compensation. These are national projects, as we know, but my instinct, although I cannot give him a categoric answer, is that there may be situations where they might be local infrastructure as well, so they might be liable. If he will leave that with me, I shall try to give him a clearer answer on that important point.