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Proceeding contribution from Viscount Eccles (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 8 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 thank the Minister for how he replied to the questions that I put. The famous case on this matter dates from 1976. It was the Secretary of State for Education and Science v Tameside Borough Council. It may be of interest to the Committee to know that Lord Denning gave a judgment, as did Lord Scarman and Lord Lane. On either side, there were advocates named—I cannot get them quite in alphabetical order—as Bingham, Brittan, Lloyd, Caldecott, who is not a Member of your Lordships’ House, and Woolf. It is an extremely distinguished case which turned on the question of the difference between being wrong and being unreasonable. Clause 25 agreed to. Clause 26 [Transfers on dissolution of English Nature and Countryside Agency]:

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
678 c716-7 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Accountability Biodiversity Advisory services Environment protection Functions Grants Joint Nature Conservation Committee Pay Powers Public appointments Pensions Property transfer Nature conservation Staff Non-departmental public bodies Regional planning and development Wildlife Rural areas Commission for Rural Communities Natural England
Legislation
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill 2005-06
Link
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