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Proceeding contribution from Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 3 March 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]

I thank the Minister for that response. One definition of "holistic" is "full of holes", although I do not for a moment seek to suggest to the Committee that the noble Lord’s response was full of holes. This has been a useful debate because it shows that, in their proposals in the Bill, the Government are seeking to simplify a process. I am not entirely sure that the Committee has been convinced that the legislation as written will in fact simplify it. To that extent, we have had a useful debate in this important area. We would all agree that applicants need to know that, when they are setting out on the process of any sort of development, they are not entering into a mare’s nest of competing interests that will be raising or lowering the bar or making life generally difficult. Any single or one-stop process must be preferred, but I am not entirely sure that the way in which the Government are going about it at the moment is the best way of achieving it. We can leave that matter till later. Clause 75 agreed. Clauses 76 and 77 agreed.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
708 c641-2 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Coastal areas Archaeology Cooperation Bureaucracy Devolution Cultural heritage Carbon dioxide Departmental responsibilities Damage Boats Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Cross border cooperation Chemicals Fisheries Flood control Licensing Enforcement Fixed penalties Environment protection EU law Electricity generation Fishing vessels Fines Infrastructure Exemptions Environmental impact assessment Hazardous substances Freight Isle of Man EU action Fish Electric cables Local government Northern Ireland Navigation Protection Oil Pollution Powers Prosecutions Planning Ports Natural gas Public consultation Nature conservation Monitoring Quarrying Offshore industry Scotland Republic of Ireland Transport Regulation Storage Sustainable development Wales Waste management Repairs and maintenance Shipping Waste disposal Seas and oceans Wrecks Testing Territorial waters Sewers Sites of special scientific interest Sanctions Wetlands Departmental coordination Nanotechnology Dredging Irish Sea Offshore drilling Reserved matters Marine and Fisheries Agency Special areas of conservation Department of Energy and Climate Change Marine Management Organisation Infrastructure Planning Commission Marine conservation zones Inshore fisheries and conservation authorities Stop notices Remediation notices
Legislation
Marine and Coastal Access Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link
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