Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Tuesday, 3 March 2009, in the House of Lords.

Marine and Coastal Access Bill (HL). Lords Committee stage sixth day. Clauses 66 to 113 debated and agreed to, with clauses 71 to 72, 74, 78 to 79, 81, 83 to 84, 86 to 89, 91, 93, 95, 98 to 102, 108, and 110 to 113 agreed to as amended. New clause (Amendment A36) debated and withdrawn. Schedules 7 to 9 debated and agreed to as amended.

Type

Parliamentary proceeding

Reference

708 c620-88, 704-24

Session

2008-09

Department

Department of Energy and Climate Change

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Marine and Coastal Access Bill (HL). Explanatory Notes HL Bill 1-EN also published.
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c663-4 (Link to this contribution) I was interested to hear the noble Baroness’s introduction of her amendment. It has alerted the Comm...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c662-3 (Link to this contribution) Clause 104 is to do with the power of the licensing authority to test—and charge for testing—certain...

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Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c666 (Link to this contribution) Before the noble Baroness responds, perhaps I may add that we understand the Government’s aversion t...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c662 (Link to this contribution) Clause 101: Imposition of safety requirements where stop notice is in force Amendments A68 to A71 ...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c662 (Link to this contribution) Clause 104: Power to test, and charge for testing, certain substances Amendment A74 A74: Clause 10...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c661 (Link to this contribution) Clause 99: Notice to stop activity causing serious harm etc Amendments A64 to A66 A64: Clause 99, ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c661 (Link to this contribution) Amendment A62 A62: Clause 98, page 58, line 30, after "licensable" insert "marine" Amendment A62 a...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c660-1 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, that, because this Bill will, we hope, stand for a long tim...

Earl Cathcart | 708 c657-8 (Link to this contribution) This has been a useful debate and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, for his support on the need fo...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c658 (Link to this contribution) Clause 93: Variable monetary penalties: procedure Amendments A54 and A55 A54: Clause 93, page 55, ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c654-6 (Link to this contribution) This is a very interesting debate. I shall start by describing how the Government see the two clause...

Lord Kingsland | 708 c657 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his latest intervention.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c657 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kingsland, for his advice in this area. I certainly undertake ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c658 (Link to this contribution) Schedule 7: Further provision about civil sanctions under Part 4 Amendment A56 A56: Schedule 7, pa...

Lord Tyler | 708 c630-1 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for dealing so comprehensively with this group, but I cannot say that ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c628-30 (Link to this contribution) This has been a very helpful debate. It might be useful if I outline the general approach that we ar...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c632 (Link to this contribution) My reluctance to go where the noble Lord wishes to go is due to the fact that I cannot give him a bl...

Lord Greenway | 708 c632 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that and will come forward with something between now and Report stage. I a...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c623-4 (Link to this contribution) Of course a marine licence is needed only for activities that take place in the UK marine licensing ...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c627 (Link to this contribution) I must register the fact that not having seen any further progress on the draft marine navigation Bi...

Baroness Hayman | 708 c624 (Link to this contribution) Amendment 11 was an amendment to Amendment 10, so it cannot be put forward. Amendment 11 (to Amendm...

Lord Greenway | 708 c627 (Link to this contribution) I have two amendments in this grouping, focusing on the narrower concept of maintenance dredging. Re...

Baroness Byford | 708 c636 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that. I had imagined that where there was such uncertainty, the Ca...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c635-6 (Link to this contribution) The noble Earl raises an important point. It is clearly important that there is consistency across g...

Earl Cathcart | 708 c636 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for agreeing to come back to us on it. Clause 74, as amended, agreed....

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c636 (Link to this contribution) We always resist putting the names of departments on the face of Bills because there are always chan...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c638-9 (Link to this contribution) On that latter point, it is difficult to devise a strategy which copes with the requirements of the ...

Lord Bridges | 708 c639 (Link to this contribution) I welcome what the Minister has just said about the protection of the marine environment in this cla...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c632 (Link to this contribution) Amendments A27 and A28 A27: Clause 72, page 41, line 39, leave out "or 10(3)" A28: Clause 72, pag...

Earl Cathcart | 708 c632-3 (Link to this contribution) We talked at length about the relationship between the IPC and the MMO when debating Amendment 59 an...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c632 (Link to this contribution) Clause 74: Oil and gas activities and carbon dioxide storage Amendments A31 and A32 A31: Clause 74...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c633-4 (Link to this contribution) The noble Earl has raised a very important question. Perhaps I may respond, first, to the question o...

Baroness Byford | 708 c634-5 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend responds, perhaps the Minister will clarify what he said. Although the IPC an...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c635 (Link to this contribution) On oil and gas, it will be the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and on matters that fall to ...

Earl Cathcart | 708 c635 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply and especially for restating the Government’s position on the IPC...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c620 (Link to this contribution) Clause 66: Determination of applications Amendment A1 A1: Clause 66, page 37, line 33, at end inse...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c621 (Link to this contribution) I turn to the question raised by the noble Lord, Lord Taylor. His amendment would introduce a requir...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c620-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank those who have renumbered these amendments. Although it has resulted in us having to renavig...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c622 (Link to this contribution) I want to raise one more point on Amendment A10. The Minister will recall that, on the issue of plan...

Lord Tyler | 708 c621-2 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may address Amendment A10—I think we have all found the renumbering of amendments slightly...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c647 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord has made a very important point. I have already said to the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, t...

Lord Tyler | 708 c645 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister address the amendments to Clause 112 in this group, which are Amendments A110 to A...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c641 (Link to this contribution) I can certainly undertake to do that and ensure that Members of the Committee are suitably informed....

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c641 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that this is tangential at all and I gave the example of Ilfracombe for a purpose. Th...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c640 (Link to this contribution) I would join the noble Earl in saying that I was out of my depth if I were not dealing, on the whole...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c651 (Link to this contribution) Amendment A39 A39: Clause 83, page 49, line 19, leave out "defendant or a person acting under the d...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c652 (Link to this contribution) Clause 87: Compliance notice Amendments A44 to A47 A44: Clause 87, page 51, line 4, leave out "the...

Earl Cathcart | 708 c652-3 (Link to this contribution) I tabled my opposition to Clauses 88 and 103 standing part of the Bill in order to ask some probing ...

Lord Greenway | 708 c651 (Link to this contribution) I take comfort from what the Minister has said, particularly with regard to Amendment A40. On Amendm...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c651 (Link to this contribution) In that case, the defendant would establish that the jettisoning had taken place to secure the safet...

Lord Greenway | 708 c651 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that explanation. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment A38 wit...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c648 (Link to this contribution) Clause 81: Byelaws for flood defence and drainage purposes Amendment A37 A37: Clause 81, page 48, ...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c648 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord for moving this amendment. It reflects one of the key aims of this B...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c648 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the Minister for those words and I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amend...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c649-51 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Greenway, for moving this amendment and speaking to Amendment ...

Lord Greenway | 708 c648-9 (Link to this contribution) Part 4, Chapter 3 deals with enforcement and Clause 83(1) lists activities where a person charged wi...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c647 (Link to this contribution) After that slight foray into crime and punishment, we are back to one-stop shopping. This is a probi...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c720-1 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the noble Duke, the Duke of Montrose, and his colleagues on the Front Bench for a gen...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c721 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has talked of UK vessels only, so I wonder what will happen in the areas, of which the ...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 708 c719 (Link to this contribution) This is a worthwhile amendment and I look forward with interest to the Minister’s reply. I share the...

Baroness Byford | 708 c719-20 (Link to this contribution) The trouble with giving way to other noble Lords is that nearly everything you want to say has been ...

Lord Eden of Winton | 708 c718 (Link to this contribution) I support the amendment moved by my noble friend the Duke of Montrose and the remarks made by the no...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 708 c718 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to my noble friend on the Front Bench and to the Committee for jumping the gun and askin...

Duke of Montrose | 708 c716-7 (Link to this contribution) I move this amendment in the name of my noble friend Lord Taylor of Holbeach. We now come to the top...

Lord Tyler | 708 c717-8 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy, referred to Devon and Cornwall and the western approaches, which a...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c721-2 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that we are in a position where we can say that we have secured full agreement, but t...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 708 c722 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for making his point so clearly, but it is not the other side of the s...

Lord Eden of Winton | 708 c722 (Link to this contribution) Very briefly, I want to remind the Minister of the fact that the European Union regulation to which ...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c724 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness will be all too well aware that we are discussing an evolving policy. None of our...

Duke of Montrose | 708 c724 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may help the Minister. I believe that the Defra website has made note of five possible sit...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c722-3 (Link to this contribution) That is certainly so, but I am not sure that I am able to go into any accurate detail about it at th...

Lord Tyler | 708 c723 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that none of us wants to extend this discussion for too long but, given the Bill’s long ge...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c723-4 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord must not underestimate the progress made thus far. The network that we are establishi...

Baroness Byford | 708 c724 (Link to this contribution) I understand what the Minister is implying, but Clause 119(2) states: ""The objective is that the MC...

Duke of Montrose | 708 c670 (Link to this contribution) I am still struggling with one element of this. Under the devolution settlement, Scotland has full p...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c669-70 (Link to this contribution) I thought that the amendment was probing in nature, but obviously the noble Lord, Lord Livsey, inter...

Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 708 c669 (Link to this contribution) I note what the noble Lord, Lord Glentoran, has said about the powers to issue licences in Wales. My...

Lord Glentoran | 708 c668-9 (Link to this contribution) I am afraid that this amendment returns to the question of devolution; in this case, the power of th...

Duke of Montrose | 708 c671 (Link to this contribution) The Bill goes into the question of dredging and removing matter from the sea bed, so it is a questio...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c670 (Link to this contribution) Is the noble Duke talking about mineral extraction in terms of coal? The Bill concerns the marine ar...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c668 (Link to this contribution) Schedule 9: Licensing: transitional provision relating to Part 4 Amendments A89 to A98 A89: Schedu...

Lord Glentoran | 708 c668 (Link to this contribution) Clause 110: The appropriate licensing authority Amendment A99 A99: Clause 110, page 65, line 24, l...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c667 (Link to this contribution) Clause 108: Application to the Crown Amendment A75 A75: Clause 108, page 64, line 27, leave out "r...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c667-8 (Link to this contribution) Schedule 8: Licensing: minor and consequential amendments Amendments A76 to A88 A76: Schedule 8, p...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c664-6 (Link to this contribution) I will certainly do my best to shed some light, but the noble Lord will appreciate as much as the no...

Duke of Montrose | 708 c666 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Baroness for giving way. Her amendment raised an interesting subject. The Bill dea...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c666 (Link to this contribution) I certainly thank the noble Lord, Lord Taylor of Holbeach, for his very useful comments and for remi...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c666-7 (Link to this contribution) I thank the noble Duke for reinforcing the point I was trying to make and for recognising that that ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c662 (Link to this contribution) Clause 102: Further provision as to emergency safety notices Amendments A72 and A73 A72: Clause 10...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c661 (Link to this contribution) Clause 100: Further provision as to stop notices Amendment A67 A67: Clause 100, page 60, line 17, ...

Lord Tyler | 708 c661 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that full explanation. I confess that the Interpretation Act is no...

Baroness Byford | 708 c660 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I am in the right place at the right time to ask whether the Government are going to tak...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c659 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Tyler, has introduced a worthy amendment. If the appropriate licensing authorit...

Lord Tyler | 708 c659 (Link to this contribution) We now come to Chapter 4 and the issue of delegation. Clause 95 contains a great deal of detail, whi...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c659 (Link to this contribution) Clause 95: Delegation of functions relating to marine licensing Amendments A57 to A59 A57: Clause ...

Lord Tyler | 708 c659 (Link to this contribution) Amendment A60 A60: Clause 95, page 57, line 10, at end insert— "(7) The appropriate licensing autho...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c658 (Link to this contribution) Clause 89: Further provision as to enforcement notices Amendment A52 A52: Clause 89, page 52, line...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c658 (Link to this contribution) Clause 91: Fixed monetary penalties: procedure Amendment A53 A53: Clause 91, page 54, line 13, lea...

Lord Kingsland | 708 c656-7 (Link to this contribution) I very much appreciate the comprehensive way in which the noble Lord has dealt with this matter. Cl...

Lord Kingsland | 708 c653-4 (Link to this contribution) My observations are sympathetic to those already made by my noble friend Lord Cathcart and the noble...

Lord Eden of Winton | 708 c707-9 (Link to this contribution) I, too, strongly support these amendments and I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, on hav...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c709-11 (Link to this contribution) We are all grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Miller, for this group of amendments and for the pow...

Lord Greaves | 708 c687-8 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to the Minister. No doubt, we will take up the challenge of reading it to see whe...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c686 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to respond to that. As I have said to the Committee, I have taken careful legal advice on...

Lord Greaves | 708 c686 (Link to this contribution) I suggested that this debate might have a Second Reading flavour, which was correct. We have benefit...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c686 (Link to this contribution) It is being a bit forward to say that the consultation paper at Easter will contain definitive ideas...

Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 708 c707 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my noble friend Lady Miller on her great expertise on this subject. She has mapped ev...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c706-7 (Link to this contribution) I have great sympathy with the noble Baroness’s amendments in this group. They fit neatly into our d...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c704-6 (Link to this contribution) In introducing Part 5, my noble friend Lord Greaves said that this is the heart of the Bill, and I a...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c704 (Link to this contribution) Clause 113: Marine conservation areas Amendment A118 A118: Clause 113, page 67, line 35, at end in...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c683-5 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that we await that with eager anticipation. The noble Baroness, Lady Byford, is right; thi...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 708 c685 (Link to this contribution) The Minister has done very well in his attempt to respond to these many points, which are so importa...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c685-6 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may ask the Minister a further question on his response, which, I agree, has been very com...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c680-1 (Link to this contribution) That is yet another reason why we are so grateful that the noble Lord has returned to our debate on ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c681-2 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that I entirely agree with that. Clearly, the science informs the work that would be u...

Lord Eden of Winton | 708 c681 (Link to this contribution) Although later amendments deal with that matter, how is it likely to be possible to achieve proper m...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c682 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord raised the question of what has been described as highly protected marine reserves. T...

Lord Eden of Winton | 708 c682 (Link to this contribution) It is very likely that I am totally confused; perhaps the Minister would be very helpful and straigh...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c683 (Link to this contribution) I do not want the fact that I am not speaking to this group to be interpreted as my having any less ...

Baroness Byford | 708 c682-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for giving way. My noble friend raises a problem on which an attempt was made t...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c680 (Link to this contribution) We started at a high level in debating Part 5. We have now come to the question of the Isle of Man. ...

Lord Greaves | 708 c680 (Link to this contribution) I point out to the Committee that Amendment A393, which we may reach in several weeks’ time, refers ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c680 (Link to this contribution) There is absolutely no reason why Europe has to come in and act as umpire. As we discussed under ear...

Lord Tyler | 708 c680 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way again. I think that he will acknowledge that the useful...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c679 (Link to this contribution) I certainly agree with the noble Lord that the Isle of Man is an important consideration and I am pr...

Lord Tyler | 708 c679 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister take this opportunity to deal with the particular problem of the Isle of Man, wher...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c677-9 (Link to this contribution) First, I welcome the noble Lord, Lord Greaves, who opened this debate. He is very welcome and he, in...

Baroness Young of Old Scone | 708 c676-7 (Link to this contribution) I shall speak to the amendments in my name in this group: Amendments A115 to A117, A119, A149 and A1...

Lord Eden of Winton | 708 c674-6 (Link to this contribution) I hope that I do not stray too far from good order if I trespass a little beyond the amendments grou...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c674 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the whole Committee welcomes the return of the noble Lord, Lord Greaves. He arrives a...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c671-2 (Link to this contribution) Clause 111: The appropriate enforcement authority Amendments A101 to A109 A101: Clause 111, page 6...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c672 (Link to this contribution) Clause 112: Interpretation of this Part Amendments A110 to A113 A110: Clause 112, page 66, line 36...

Lord Greaves | 708 c672 (Link to this contribution) Clause 113: Marine conservation zones Amendment A114 A114: Clause 113, page 67, line 34, at beginn...

Lord Greaves | 708 c672-3 (Link to this contribution) We move on to Part 5, nature conservation, at last. In moving the amendment, I shall speak also to A...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c671 (Link to this contribution) I will have to come back on that point. The issue of dredging does not really come into it. Dredging...

Lord Glentoran | 708 c671 (Link to this contribution) The collective word for sands and clays might be "aggregates".

Lord Glentoran | 708 c671 (Link to this contribution) The Minister is right: this was intended to be a purely probing amendment to open the debate on the ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c714 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to prolong this, but of course it can have that effect straight off by not allowing any l...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c715 (Link to this contribution) I may need to take advice on this, but I shall give the noble Lord an off-the-cuff response. The ins...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 708 c715 (Link to this contribution) I accept that I have sprung this on the Minister but what happens beyond the 12-mile limit? The byla...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c715-6 (Link to this contribution) Bylaws do not apply beyond the 12-mile limit; it is as simple as that. Fisheries legislation may app...

Duke of Montrose | 708 c716 (Link to this contribution) Amendment A122 A122: Clause 113, page 68, line 19, at end insert— "( ) In advance of designating an...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c714 (Link to this contribution) If that is the effect, I am not sure that it is such a big step for the Minister to agree with me th...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c715 (Link to this contribution) Amendment A121 A121: Clause 113, page 68, line 19, at end insert— "( ) Until the coming into force ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c715 (Link to this contribution) I do not think this need detain the Committee for 45 minutes. These amendments are minor and technic...

Lord Wallace of Tankerness | 708 c715 (Link to this contribution) I have no intention of detaining the Committee for 45 minutes, but I wish to use these technical ame...

Lord Eden of Winton | 708 c711 (Link to this contribution) Does that mean that the Minister thinks that no-take zones will be able to be established?

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c713 (Link to this contribution) That is a very helpful comment, and I am happy to take it away to give it further consideration. Mo...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c713-4 (Link to this contribution) First, I thank the Committee for spending this length of time on this important group of amendments;...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c713 (Link to this contribution) I gather that we will debate some of those matters later when we come to Amendment A122. Would the n...

Lord Greenway | 708 c713 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Eden, cited the eminent French gentleman who gave a definition of what a marine...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c712-3 (Link to this contribution) No, for two reasons. First, the noble Lord will get bored with me saying that this Bill is entirely ...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 708 c713 (Link to this contribution) In his response, the noble Lord said that he hesitated to mention the European fishing policy. If a ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c711-2 (Link to this contribution) Yes. I am absolutely clear that that is possible. Not only is there flexibility in the marine conser...

Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 708 c712 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate what the Minister is saying; indeed, one of my purposes was to show that it is possible...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c714 (Link to this contribution) The noble Baroness makes a fair comment, although I disagree with her. The very fact that the Bill r...

Lord Greenway | 708 c631 (Link to this contribution) Amendment A24 A24: Clause 72, page 41, line 35, at end insert ", and ( ) that the activity is maint...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c631 (Link to this contribution) Amendment A19 A19: Clause 71, page 41, line 25, leave out "thinks" and insert "considers" Amendmen...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c631-2 (Link to this contribution) When we read the noble Lord’s amendment we thought that he was trying to restrict the exemptions, bu...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 708 c623 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord is right about that, but is he sure that what British Rail has suggested is a bad ide...

Lord Taylor of Warwick | 708 c624 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that response and for acting as a lighthouse in seeking to have the House a...

Earl Cathcart | 708 c628 (Link to this contribution) I tabled my clause stand part to raise many of the issues that the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, has alrea...

Lord Tyler | 708 c624 (Link to this contribution) Clause 71 [Exemptions specified by order]: Amendment A14 A14: Clause 71, page 41, line 17, at end ...

Lord Tyler | 708 c624-7 (Link to this contribution) Before I address this group, starting with Amendment A14, I want to record again that the Committee ...

Earl Cathcart | 708 c635 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure that we disposed of it. I think that we will have to come back to it. In any event, I ...

Lord Tyler | 708 c637-8 (Link to this contribution) We, too, have concerns, particularly about Clause 75, for similar reasons to those of the noble Lord...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c636-7 (Link to this contribution) Clause 75: Special procedure for applications relating to harbour works Debate on whether Clause 75...

Earl Ferrers | 708 c639-40 (Link to this contribution) I should like to make a very short intervention, because I am out of my depth over this Bill, which ...

Lord Greenway | 708 c632 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate that but the noble Lord mentioned "assurance", so I naturally jumped on it. I beg leave...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c635 (Link to this contribution) I would love to intervene on that point, if the noble Earl will let me. There are technical amendmen...

Baroness Hayman | 708 c620 (Link to this contribution) Before I call the first amendment, it may be helpful if I explain to the Committee that the amendmen...

Lord Tyler | 708 c621 (Link to this contribution) We are hoping that the Minister may give us some response on the amendments we wanted to draw to the...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c621 (Link to this contribution) I need to clarify the position because other amendments in this group have not been spoken to. I loo...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c646 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State be the author of the guidelines under which this would be administered?

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c646 (Link to this contribution) Yes. I shall write to the noble Lord with more detail on how we will consult on those guidelines, be...

Lord Bridges | 708 c646-7 (Link to this contribution) The Minister kindly referred to Clause 112, "Interpretation of this Part". Perhaps I may add a brief...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c642-4 (Link to this contribution) This amendment introduces a group of minor technical amendments. I shall take the opportunity to exp...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c644-5 (Link to this contribution) We are on the whole very happy with the Government’s amendments. They bring some technical changes a...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c645-6 (Link to this contribution) What an exciting life the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, lives. When he is not taking part in films—or help...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c642 (Link to this contribution) Clause 79: Structures in, over or under a main river Amendment A35 A35: Clause 79, page 47, leave ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c642 (Link to this contribution) Clause 78: Submarine cables on the continental shelf Amendments A33 and A34 A33: Clause 78, page 4...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c641-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for that response. One definition of "holistic" is "full of holes", although I ...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c641 (Link to this contribution) In response to the noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy, I want to make it clear that this relates to the el...

Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 708 c640 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord—in what did not seem to many of us to be an enormously simple performance, although i...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c640 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may follow on from the extremely good point that the noble Baroness has brought up. Althou...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c651 (Link to this contribution) Clause 84: Electronic communications: emergency works Amendments A41 and A42 A41: Clause 84, page ...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c652 (Link to this contribution) Clause 88: Remediation notice Amendments A48 to A51 A48: Clause 88, page 51, line 26, leave out "t...

Lord Tyler | 708 c653 (Link to this contribution) We share some of the anxieties of the noble Earl, Lord Cathcart. The issue of remedy as opposed to m...

Lord Greenway | 708 c648 (Link to this contribution) Clause 83: Action taken in an emergency Clause A38 A38: Clause 83, page 49, line 5, after "vessel,...

Earl Cathcart | 708 c649 (Link to this contribution) The wording of Clause 83 comes straight out of the Food and Environment Protection 1985, which is a ...

Lord Taylor of Holbeach | 708 c647 (Link to this contribution) Amendment A36 A36: After Clause 79, insert the following new Clause— "Waste activities in intertida...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c671 (Link to this contribution) Amendment A100 A100: Clause 110, page 66, leave out line 14 Amendment A100 agreed. Clause 110, as...

Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 708 c714 (Link to this contribution) That is about where we are. It may happen. We could effectively create highly protected marine reser...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c622-3 (Link to this contribution) First, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, for coming back to Amendment A10, and I thank the House a...

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 708 c651 (Link to this contribution) Clause 86: Information Amendment A43 A43: Clause 86, page 50, line 46, leave out "£50,000" and ins...

Lord Davies of Oldham | 708 c671 (Link to this contribution) I referred specifically to coal because the Coal Industry Act 1994 regulates it and I am, therefore,...

Lord Greenway | 708 c631 (Link to this contribution) I have already spoken to Amendment A24. In his response, the Minister said that most maintenance dre...

Duke of Montrose | 708 c679-80 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. The same issue comes up with the whole question of the...

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