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Proceeding contribution from Lord Tyler (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Monday, 12 January 2009. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL].

Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

The Minister may look specifically at paragraph 46 of the Explanatory Notes, where the Government state: "““The MMO is to act as the UK Government’s strategic delivery body in the marine area. As such it will exercise a number of marine functions””." That is a long way of saying that it will be precisely an agency. The Minister already cited the Environment Agency—which the noble Baroness, Lady Young of Old Scone, may agree is perhaps the best exemplar and model for the new agency—but it was significant that the other organisations to which he referred do not have ““management organisation””, which is, to my mind, a limiting title and inappropriate for this body, as part of their title.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
706 c1018 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Devolved matters Accountability Coastal areas Airports Environment protection Qualifications Pay Membership Public appointments Public interest Planning Nature conservation Parliamentary scrutiny Scotland Sustainable development Wales Seas and oceans Wind power Science Climate Change Committee Marine Management Organisation Infrastructure Planning Commission
Legislation
Marine and Coastal Access Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link
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