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Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [Lords]

I can assure the House that we had no idea that this new clause was coming. It is almost five pages long. The nub of our argument is this: the national parks should be single-mindedly protecting our environment, but this power of general competence allows them to engage in commercial activities to bridge the funding gap that the Chancellor has left them with. Does my hon. Friend not worry that that single-minded concentration on protecting the environment might be lost in the search for additional revenue as a result of the commercial powers that are being conferred on the national parks?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
603 c734 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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