My Lords, I follow the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, in a very mild and almost trivial way. I am not sure that I quite understood what the Minister said about scientific evidence. I am an engineer who used to have a nodding acquaintance with science. I thought that I heard him say that other matters would be taken into account in addition to scientific evidence. I also thought that I heard him say—I may be wrong—that one matter that may be taken into account is opinion. I am not sure that opinion has any kind of equivalence to scientific evidence. I hope that I misheard the noble Lord. It looks as though I did, because he is nodding his head. Perhaps he can clear my mind about that later.
Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Howie of Troon
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 5 May 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL].
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