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Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill [HL]

My Lords, I shall answer the specific points raised very briefly, but I am happy to write to noble Lords to expand a little further. Essentially, the acknowledgement in the subsection is the procedural step set out in Clause 13(7), which tells the petitioner what is the substantive step, as listed in the options in Clause 14. The complication, and why the clause is constructed as it is, is that the acknowledgement may in some instances also be a substantive step, because it may simply say, "Yes, we are happy to do that", and it will just be done. So it will be responding to a recommended action. That is the simple answer in response to the specific question, but I am happy to write to the noble Lord to give him some further examples if that would help.