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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

I sense that this almost takes us back to Clause 2. Here we see the dilemma. Noble Lords are not satisfied with Clause 2, because it has a lot of technical language. They are not satisfied with the words, ““contributing to … sustainable development””. The noble Lord is trying to put a bit of flesh on that, but we immediately run into problems, because he has picked two particular issues, whereas other noble Lords would like to see others included. We find it difficult to put a definition of sustainable development in the Bill, for reasons that I have given in the past two days. I do not pretend that this is easy. I know that noble Lords around the Committee are working hard to come up with some other definition. All I can say is that the Government would be happy and willing to talk to noble Lords on this matter. I recognise that there is concern, particularly about Clause 2. However, it is not easy to find a resolution.