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Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Bill [HL]

My Lords, I thank the Minister very much for that reply which covered much that noble Lords on these Benches were concerned about. It is interesting to note that a meeting will be held this week and that decisions will be taken on future negotiations and future work. If that process is to take two to four years, we shall not know the result of it until long after the passage of the Bill through both Houses. I hope that we can be informed of the progress of that process through Questions or Statements in this House. I was also very pleased to hear the noble Baroness strongly commend encouraging other countries to sign up to the legislation. It is very important that not just European countries but also countries in the rest of the world adhere to it. I thank the Minister for her helpful comments. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.