Sir Julian Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2025 to Question 77959 on Landscapes Review, if he will make it his policy to maintain the Protected Landscapes duty as enacted through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, in the context of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.  [82262]

[Due for Answer on 20 October]

ANSWER

The Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook): The government has no plans to repeal the Protected Landscapes duty.