Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

It was chopped off before the end, shall we say. Amendment A164 refers to Clause 120 and the report that the appropriate authority has to produce on the carrying out of the duties to provide marine conservation zones and the operation of those zones. Clause 120(2) provides that the report must contain certain information, including the number of MCZs that have been designated, their size, the conservation objectives and so on, and, towards the end, those conservation objectives which have been achieved and, ""any further steps which, in the opinion of the authority, are required to be taken … in order to achieve the conservation objectives"." My noble friend’s amendment seeks to add to this a reference to the requirement in Clause 119(2) for the marine conservation zones to form part of a network which operates in a coherent way for the conservation objectives of the zones. The amendment seeks to add, ""any further steps which, in the opinion of the authority, are required to be taken to comply with section 119(3)"," which concerns the operation of the network. It is an obvious provision to add. It is a fairly simple amendment, and I hope the Government will at least think about adding it to the Bill on Report.