Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

My Lords, we have Amendment 124FBA in this group. I think that the Minister would have found that the House would have agreed to the amendment to which he has just spoken even if he had not spoken to it. We certainly support it. Our amendment is rather smaller even though it has more words. Clause 291(4) sets out a number of matters to which Natural England must have regard. Although in some cases they are expressed in quite highfalutin terms, they actually address practical matters that would make a route workable. My noble friend’s Amendment 124FBA is a practical and realistic amendment which says that Natural England should also have regard to, ""the provision of car parking facilities and linking footpaths … and public transport services to the point at which the coastal route resumes on the other side of the estuary"." He has looked at the issues that will concern walkers, such as what is convenient to them and what will make the route one of which they can take advantage.