Postponement of Local Elections (Northern Ireland) Order 2009

I should like to ask the noble Baroness a few questions; she may be kind enough to write to me if need be. It is 20 years since I left Northern Ireland, but I took some slight interest in what the noble Lord, Lord Kilclooney, said, particularly on two aspects that he raised. Would the noble Baroness be kind enough to confirm that the impact of the two orders seems to be as clear as a bell on elections and councillors, but that one or two aspects, particularly in the postponement order, might have some impact on aspects of agriculture in Northern Ireland? I spent six summers with what is now the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. I noticed that Sections 10 and 11 of the Act state that there will be no impact on business, charities and so on. Also Section 11(1) does not apply to small businesses. I do not want to get on to a pinhead dance on the size of the businesses. I am curious as to whether the orders and the powers and activities of the local councils will have any impact on agriculture, rural affairs, forestry, fisheries and other aspects of the countryside, which I took pride in serving in Northern Ireland for five and a half years. I am curious about that; I am sure that she will be able to advise me. I am also interested in the relation of the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 to the first order. The noble Baroness was pretty clear in her remarks, but will she write to me on various other aspects—not necessarily drainage—where agriculture or allied activities might be involved in the democratic changeover that she referred to? I think of the happy Foyle Fisheries Commission in the north-west, which had some representation from the Republic of Ireland. I doubt if there is any particular aspect of the activities of the Foyle Fisheries Commission involved in either order before us today. She might be kind enough to let me know in writing in due course. Finally, either she or her department had the wonderful idea—I direct her attention to page 35 of the second order—of having the wonderful examples of bird life in Northern Ireland as the examples of the names in the list. The noble Lord, Lord Kilclooney, will remember that a gentleman in a village in his constituency used to take a lion for a walk—