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Environmental Noise (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

My Lords, the Minister very courteously referred to me a little earlier. I want to be absolutely certain that I am at one with him. He says that the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has the power, but that just enables him to do what he or she chooses to do. He or she has no duty to draw anything to the attention of this House, because the duty is being removed in these regulations and is being replaced by a power. That was the poor substance of my poor speech.