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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

I am puzzled by the Minister's reply, bearing in mind the Government’s response to the pre-legislative scrutiny and public consultation. A paragraph on the relationship between the marine policy statements and the national policy statements talks about a government commitment to ensuring consistency between MPSs and NPSs and ensuring that the MMO and the IPC can work effectively. It said: "““because the Planning Bill has not yet completed its transition through Parliament, we will need to keep these issues under review””." The Planning Bill has now completed its progress through Parliament and those issues were unresolved during that progress. I suggest that the Government now need to continue to keep those issues under review and consider seriously our amendments.