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Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bills on Monday, 27 February 2006, in the House of Lords.
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill. Lords Committee stage. Clauses 41 to 55 agreed to, Clause 44 agreed to as amended. Schedule 6 agreed to. Schedule 5 agreed to as amended. New clause under consideration. Part 2 of 2 records.

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

679 c107-124 

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Legislative stage

Committee stage

Procedure

New clauses

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill. Brought from the Commons. Explanatory notes HL Bill 23-EN also published.
Wednesday, 12 October 2005
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Dubs | 679 c108-9 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether I am the only member of the Committee speaking in the debate who is not on one loca...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c107-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 307:"Page 22, line 28, leave out subsection (2) and insert—" ““(   )   In para...

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Baroness Byford | 679 c110-1 (Link to this contribution) I rise briefly to comment on one or two matters. We on these Benches are also concerned about the wi...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 679 c109 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the Committee because I did not hear the opening remarks of the noble Baroness, but I...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c109 (Link to this contribution) Just to clear that up, I mean directly elected to the park authority, like to any other authority.
Lord Dixon-Smith | 679 c109 (Link to this contribution) That slightly changes my perspective. The idea of having directly elected members to the park author...
Lord Judd | 679 c109-10 (Link to this contribution) It always upsets me when I find myself not in total agreement with the noble Baroness, Lady Miller. ...
Lord Dubs | 679 c111 (Link to this contribution) The Minister can probably explain the previous legislation better than I can, but my understanding o...
Earl Peel | 679 c111 (Link to this contribution) I apologise to the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, for not being in the Chamber when he moved his amendment. ...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c114 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for his reply, which he will not be surprised to discover I find slightly disap...
Lord Bach | 679 c112-4 (Link to this contribution) On that issue, the advice that I have received is that it is always the Secretary of State who appoi...
Lord Dubs | 679 c112 (Link to this contribution) I should correct what I said; I am not sure that I got it right when I answered the noble Earl’s que...
Lord Hylton | 679 c111-2 (Link to this contribution) I come from Somerset where we have one national park, shared with Devon, and a number of areas of ou...
Lord Judd | 679 c115-6 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may just entreat my noble friend not to be quite as absolute as he sounded in his rejectio...
Baroness Byford | 679 c116 (Link to this contribution) Apparently, the definition of ““significant”” is still a problem so far as we are concerned. It was ...
Lord Bach | 679 c114 (Link to this contribution) The hour of the night makes me interrupt the noble Baroness. I am interested in her comparison with ...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c114-5 (Link to this contribution) That is probably—in fact, definitely—one to the Minister. But the noble Lord, Lord Hylton, made the ...
Lord Judd | 679 c116 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I may put in a brief word on this. I think that my noble friend would agree that the recent ...
Lord Hylton | 679 c117 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful for the Minister’s response, but I would urge him and his colleagues to bear...
Lord Bach | 679 c116-7 (Link to this contribution) Clause 58 serves to remove an uncertainty in the existing legislation. Section 62(1) of the Environm...
Lord Bach | 679 c117 (Link to this contribution) Let me make it clear. There will be no increase in the grant as a consequence of what we have put in...
Baroness Byford | 679 c117 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for his response and for the questions raised by other noble Lords. I ...
Duke of Montrose | 679 c117-8 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 308:"Page 24, line 31, leave out subsection (4)." The noble Duke said: This is ...
Baroness Byford | 679 c117 (Link to this contribution) I will bear that in mind. Obviously the Minister will remember our recent debates on the money being...
Lord Greenway | 679 c118 (Link to this contribution) I do not have to spell out to your Lordships the importance of boating in the broads to the overall ...
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c118-9 (Link to this contribution) Clause 60 realigns the wording of the broads authority’s first two purposes with the wording used fo...
Duke of Montrose | 679 c119 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that explanation. Hybridity is obviously very dangerous territory indeed, and ther...
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c122-3 (Link to this contribution) This clause introduces a provision for biosphere reserves selected by the UK and designated under UN...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c123-4 (Link to this contribution) I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. The noble Duke, the Duke of Montrose, put his finger on the...
Duke of Montrose | 679 c121-2 (Link to this contribution) This is a very interesting topic, but it would be difficult to go into it in great detail at this ti...
Lord Hylton | 679 c122 (Link to this contribution) This is a most interesting concept and I was intrigued to learn that we already have eight biosphere...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 679 c120-1 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 310:"After Clause 60, insert the following new clause—" ““PART 5A BIOSPHERES RE...
Lord Judd | 679 c121 (Link to this contribution) Whether or not my noble friend feels able to accept this amendment in the form in which it is presen...
Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 679 c119-20 (Link to this contribution) moved Amendment No. 309:"After Clause 60, insert the following new clause—" ““EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ...
Baroness Byford | 679 c120 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Minister for explaining the reasons and circumstances behind this amendment, which we ob...
Lord Bach | 679 c124 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move that the House do now resume. Moved accordingly, and, on Question, Motion agreed to.

Subjects

Access
Biodiversity
Finance
Environment protection
Environment
Expenditure
Membership
Nature conservation
National parks
Sustainable development
Rural areas
Broads Authority
Norfolk and Suffolk Broads
Biosphere reserves

Legislation

Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill 2005-06

Link

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