New clause 1 - Expenses

Marine Wildlife Conservation Bill

Public Bill Committees, 21 November 2001, 12:00 pm

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`There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

(a) any expenses of the Secretary of State under this Act; and

(b) any increase attributable to this Act of the sums payable under any other Act.'.

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Mr John Randall (Uxbridge, Conservative)

I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.

The new clause is the result of the money resolution that the Minister moved last week, which we want to include in the Bill. On that occasion, the Minister spoke much more eloquently than I could have done and I defer to him now.

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Mr Michael Meacher (Minister of State (the Environment), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Oldham West & Royton, Labour)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his remarks. In our view, considerable further work is required to assess the Bill's regulatory impact on both the private and public sectors. We shall consider the impact of any costs, but the Government are happy to accept the new clause.

Question put and agreed to.

Clause read a Second time, and added to the Bill.

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