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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Byford (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 27 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 have a couple of questions for the Minister. I am not sure that I fully support the principle of the amendment. If the word ““principal”” is removed, there is then the question of what is or is not included and so lists will be never ending. I realise that the Government have a problem here. Clause 41 states that,"““the Secretary of State must consult Natural England””." Will the research work mentioned by the noble Baroness, Lady Miller of Chilthorne Domer, at Monks Wood and at other centres be included in the contribution that is made before the Secretary of State makes a decision? If the Secretary of State does not like the recommendations that come from those two places, will they be totally ignored? Another question concerns these wonderful centres that the Government are no longer willing to fund. My honourable friend Peter Ainsworth and another colleague visited Monks Wood recently and were shown the valuable work that is undertaken there. When Natural England is set up as an independent body, will it be possible for it to give money to Monks Wood and the other centres that Defra is proposing to close?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
679 c15 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Access Animal welfare Codes of practice Birds Agriculture Badgers Countryside Biodiversity Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Deer Land Environment protection Environment Infectious diseases Land use Imports Powers of entry Protection Nature conservation Pesticides National parks Trade Rights of way Right of search Wildlife Road signs and markings Rural areas Seals Sites of special scientific interest Avian influenza Parrots Natural England Bracken
Legislation
Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill 2005-06
Link
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