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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

I thank the Minister for that. I will start in reverse order and thank him for explaining the definitions of England and Wales, including the English and Welsh inshore regions. He made them very clear. Like my noble friend Lady Carnegy, I am not completely sure about his explanation of Amendment A214, which refers to someone who has taken, ""all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence"." However, I would like to read what he said and think about it. I am stuck on the first part of the Minister’s answer. I talked about third-country vessels. Perhaps I was being thick or not listening attentively, because I did not understand the Minister’s answer. The Royal Yachting Association says that the exemption, ""unfairly and unreasonably prejudices UK and member State vessels"." The Royal Yachting Association went on, as the Minister did, to cite Article 56 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. That implies that the UK can go after third-country vessels. What does the Minister say? Is the Bill unfair to UK vessels or does the convention hold sway? That is where I am stuck.