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Commons Bill [HL]

My Lords, I shall be very brief. Many noble Lords have covered ground that I would normally cover and the Minister has kindly said that he wants to think about it anyway. I am very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Inglewood, for listening to what was said in Committee and for trying to adapt his original proposal. Those noble Lords not present in Committee will not appreciate the changes he has made. From my point of view, I shall be grateful to the Government if they are going to give this matter further consideration. As noble Lords have pointed out, the particular point is the way in which flocks may gather to what I have called ““honey spots””—particularly with winter feeding. More than that, I do not want to say at this stage.