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  National Policy Statements - Parliamentary scrutiny procedure
  
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  The majority of MPs voted in favour of the formal rules of procedure for presenting a National Policy Statement for review by Parliament, under [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080029_en_2#pt2-l1g9 section 9(2)] of the [Planning Act 2008]
  
  The new Infrastructure Planning Commission is to decide on planning applications for nationally important infrastructure "in accordance with any relevant national policy statement".[1]
  
  The rules are as follows:[2]
  
  * The Liaison Committee either designates a select committee or appoints a new National Policy Statement Committee to consider the proposal.
  
  * A National Policy Statement Committee has between 7 and 13 members chosen from the Select committees for Communities and Local Government, Energy and Climate Change, Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Transport, and Welsh Affairs.
  
  * The Committee shall have power to send for persons, papers and records, and to appoint specialist advisers.
  
  * The Committee shall cease to exist according to a deadline set by the Secretary of State, whether or not it has had time to report.
  
  * The committee may invite other MPs to attend its meetings without voting rights.
  
  This set of rules was passed, after an amendment to them had been rejected.[3]
  
  * [1] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080029_en_8#pt6-ch5-l1g104 Decisions of Panel and Council], Section 104, Planning Act 2008
  
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2009-05-20a.1532.0 Iain Wright MP], House of Commons, 20 May 2009
  
  * [3] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2009-05-20&number=138 Division 138]
  
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