Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

There is some confusion between paragraph 28 of Schedule 1, which refers to the provision of account-type information to the Secretary of State, and Clause 27, which refers to general information. I think they both apply in different ways, and probably overlap. I was interested in the amendments tabled by the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, and the Minister’s reply. It seems that what we now have on the record is a very satisfactory assurance of what will happen and how it will work in practice. The noble Lord, Lord Taylor, will have his own views on that in due course. On my amendment, I heard what the Minister said. Clearly, ““functions”” refers to objectives. I do not quite understand why the Minister is opposing the idea that the Bill should say that there should be a report about the general objectives. This would particularly be the case if the wishes of some of us—expressed in later amendments—to expand those general objectives came about. For the moment, I certainly beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment 14 withdrawn. Amendment 15 not moved.