Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

My Lords, we thank the Government and the Minister for agreeing to address the issue that we raised in our amendments in Committee about how Natural England had to follow up on its policy developments. The wording is probably the most practical that can be achieved for all the categories of guiding, directing, advising and all the other things that Natural England will be called on to do. It has also relieved us of the need to get our tongues around the word ““contemporaneously”” more than once this evening. We must thank the team on the Bill that this option is not quite as obscure as what apparently came up in debate yesterday, where the Government had to dispose of the phrase ““the effluxion of time”” in favour of slightly simpler wording. Now we are just left with having to get our tongues around ““practicable””. We welcome the amendment. On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendment No. 94 not moved.] Clause 16 [Directions]: [Amendments Nos. 95 and 96 not moved.]