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Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

My Lords, I thank everyone in your Lordships’ House who has taken part in this brief debate. I am grateful for what the Minister said both on practical developments and in particular on the development of guidance. For the past 20 years I have lived on the edge of or close to Salisbury Plain, and I am vividly aware of what the Ministry of Defence has done in the context of biodiversity in that large, open area. It has been worth bringing the matter back on Report to hear what was said by the Minister and by other noble Lords. I regard the Minister’s offer as positive and constructive and I am grateful to him for it. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.