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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

My Lords, I am delighted to be a co-signatory to this amendment. The case for it was laid out very well by the noble Baronesses, Lady Hooper, and Lady Miller of Chilthorne Domer, so I thought that I would wait to see what my noble friend the Minister had to say before offering any thoughts of my own. Like the noble Baroness, Lady Hooper, I enormously welcome the serious thought and care that the Government have taken in addressing this issue. We were very grateful for the meeting that was recently held under Defra auspices with the participation of a number of other bodies such as Natural England and English Heritage. It was particularly pleasing to learn about the work that Natural England—