Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

I welcome this move; the Minister is acting sensibly. However, I want to make a practical point. He may use the phrase ““clear lines””, but this bit of the Bill is far from clear. It shows how difficult it is for the various bodies operating in this sector to interrelate. One of the real weaknesses of the Bill—the bit that we need to think through—is how we can co-ordinate activity across the countryside so that the various elements of biodiversity, economics and social access all link together. I am not confident that we have achieved that at the moment.