Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

The noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, has raised some interesting points and I look forward to hearing the Minister’s response. While we are on the matter of the statement of public participation, I should like to seek clarification in a number of areas. First, am I correct in assuming that there is just one SPP for the whole of the UK and not separate ones for each of the devolved powers? Secondly, paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 talks about a ““proposed timetable””. Can the Minister enlarge on this? There was some debate about it when the Planning Act was being discussed, particularly on allowing sufficient time for the consultation process. Thirdly, I could not agree more with Amendment 85F tabled by the noble Baroness, which states that there ““must”” be public meetings on the consultation draft.