Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 17 September (HL Deb col 2288) that there are provisions for paying a fair price for compulsory purchases, what are those provisions.

I refer the noble Lord to the answer given to his Question UIN HL10400 on 23 September 2025. In addition to the open market value of the acquired land in the absence of the scheme, owners and tenants are entitled to loss payment compensation for the distress and inconvenience of having to move from their property at a time not of their choosing and to claim compensation for disturbance (i.e. losses unconnected to the value of property such as professional fees).