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Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

moved Amendment No. 356A:"Page 79, line 18, at end insert—" ““(   )   Natural England shall, within 60 days of completing a compulsory purchase transaction, pay to the vendor the agreed sum. (   )   If a sum is not agreed, Natural England shall, within 60 days of completing the transaction pay, as a first instalment, the amount of its original offer. (   )   The Commission for Rural Communities shall monitor and report on the operation of compulsory purchase transactions under section 15A(1).”” The noble Baroness said: The amendment speaks for itself. We have had the debates about Natural England being able to undertake compulsory purchase transactions. I was assured that with English Nature it had happened only once in recent years. There is an issue around how it is paid as, in the past—I am not suggesting this was an English Nature case—sometimes compulsory purchase happens but the money does not always follow quite as quickly as it should. I beg to move.