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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

My Lords, I express the concern of the trade association representing boating interests and the commercial boating people. They are worried about this particular development. As the noble Lord, Lord Taylor, has just said, people enjoy seascapes from the sea, which implies from a boat. The boating authorities are worried that moves at this stage on seascapes might inhibit their activities, which would also rebound on those countless millions of people who go to sea for leisure activities in the course of the year in this country. This is much too broad, at this stage. I appreciate that the Government are looking at this in the longer term, but seascapes are something that we did not look at in the pre-legislative scrutiny committee and it is too early to get too involved in this at this moment in time.