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Proceeding contribution from Lord Judd (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 1 February 2006. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill.


Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

I urge the noble Baroness to consider that she may be over-prescriptive—almost ideological— on this point, if I dare say so. Surely we want flexibility. The great thing about ““provide”” is that it does not exclude commissioning, whereas ““commissioning”” would exclude Natural England doing something itself if it felt it were the obvious thing to do. I do not think we want to say that it must be one thing or the other. We want what is best for the particular situation. Some training may be in-house; a lot may be commissioned. I think ““provide”” is a more inclusive term than ““commission””.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
678 c282 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Advisory services Finance Enforcement Environment protection Functions Land use Powers Non-departmental public bodies Training Sustainable development Research Rural areas Management agreements Natural England
Legislation
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill 2005-06
Link
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