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Proceeding contribution from Earl Cathcart (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]

This has been a useful debate and I thank the noble Lord, Lord Tyler, for his support on the need for clarity and my noble friend Lord Kingsland for reinforcing my questioning of the word "protecting" rather than "remedying". I thank the Minister for underlining the requirement to remedy the damage caused and for clarifying the steps necessary to bring any damage case to a satisfactory conclusion, in particular that he causing the harm must put it right. However, I know that this is a very difficult area and that it is not always possible to do that. The Minister also said that it will probably be possible to revoke the licences of persistent offenders and that, where remedial work is not possible, compensation might be necessary. I also thank him for agreeing to take back the point made by my noble friend Lord Kingsland about protecting the environment—that is, what is left of the environment—after damage has been done. Clause 88, as amended, agreed.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
708 c657-8 
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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