Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

I do not have the information to respond to the first point and I am not sure to what extent it can be discovered. However, I shall do my best to see what we can find. The noble Baroness has raised an interesting point. On the one hand there is an implication in the amendment of the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, about the free flow of research information, and clearly that is well understood. On the other hand, the noble Baroness, Lady Byford, is right that we do not want to encumber the MMO with extravagant requests that are hard to meet. Having listened to the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, and looked at the wording in Clause 23(2), I am anxious to give this provision further consideration. We have already discussed the confidentiality issue raised in terms of research, and my understanding is that it is implicit in the wording here that it would not be covered. However, I shall check the point and come back in order to debate it further with noble Lords on Report, or I can write.