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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

Perhaps because we are post-dinner, the Committee has, at times, seemed to be all over the place and has taken a bit of a walkabout. I feel like the chap at the sheepdog trial, with everyone scattered all over the place. However, we all know that we are not very far apart on these issues. There must be possibilities for achieving what all we want from this Bill. As I think the Minister accepts, I was genuinely trying to be helpful in tabling these amendments. The Bill needs to have clear statements. I could have produced, as the Minister well knows, an Amendment 33-type list, which would have included all the factors referred to by the noble Baronesses on the Liberal Democrat Benches. However, the Minister advised me that that was not a good idea. Two does not really constitute a list, just the beginning of one.