Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

I have a couple of questions for the Minister. I am not sure that I fully support the principle of the amendment. If the word ““principal”” is removed, there is then the question of what is or is not included and so lists will be never ending. I realise that the Government have a problem here. Clause 41 states that,"““the Secretary of State must consult Natural England””." Will the research work mentioned by the noble Baroness, Lady Miller of Chilthorne Domer, at Monks Wood and at other centres be included in the contribution that is made before the Secretary of State makes a decision? If the Secretary of State does not like the recommendations that come from those two places, will they be totally ignored? Another question concerns these wonderful centres that the Government are no longer willing to fund. My honourable friend Peter Ainsworth and another colleague visited Monks Wood recently and were shown the valuable work that is undertaken there. When Natural England is set up as an independent body, will it be possible for it to give money to Monks Wood and the other centres that Defra is proposing to close?