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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Taylor of Holbeach. I should have attributed the two longer amendments to the Link Coalition. Like the Minister, I was a little concerned about starting a definition without being confident that one had gone far enough. The two short amendments to remove the phrase were mine before I knew what the Link Coalition was thinking, but it had had discussions with officials about the phrase ““material considerations”” as an alternative. The noble Lord, Lord Taylor, said that the amendments set out what sort of relevant considerations would allow the MPS to be departed from. The clause does not distinguish between different relevant considerations. That is the problem: it includes all relevant considerations, not just a limited number. My noble friend referred to the need for local development documents to conform.