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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Hamwee (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Lords on Monday, 23 February 2009. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL].

Marine and Coastal Access Bill [HL]

I will be brief. Amendment 89JZB would leave out paragraph 15(2) in Schedule 6. I did not move my other amendments that deal with the role of the Secretary of State. I realised when I re-read them in preparation for today that I have been rather too affected—or possibly infected—by the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Bill, with which I am involved at the moment and where there is considerable temptation to react against the intervention of the Secretary of State. That is not quite the same here. However, I have retained Amendment 89JZB because, as I read it, the Secretary of State would have a veto over all other marine plan authorities in the adoption of a marine plan. I may have misunderstood some link in the process, which means that it is logical for the Secretary of State to have this veto. However, if it is not a matter of logic but of giving the Secretary of State a power that he would not otherwise have had during the process, I am concerned about the paragraph. I beg to move.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
708 c29 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Devolved matters Applications Conservation Coal Coastal areas Archaeology Devolution Cultural heritage Biodiversity Fisheries Licensing Electricity generation Infrastructure Legislative competence English Heritage Local government Northern Ireland Oil Planning Natural gas Public consultation National Assembly for Wales Property Non-departmental public bodies Scotland Sustainable development Wales Scottish Parliament Renewable energy Shipping Wave power Seas and oceans Wrecks Testing Non-governmental organisations Department for Culture, Media and Sport High Court Natural England Marine Management Organisation Infrastructure Planning Commission Marine conservation zones
Legislation
Marine and Coastal Access Bill (HL) 2008-09
Link
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