Clause 19 - Protected rights
Water Bill [Lords]
2:30 pm
Mr Andrew Lansley (South Cambridgeshire, Conservative)
For the benefit of those who read the report of our proceedings, I remind hon. Members that the purpose of my intervention at the end of this morning's sitting was to recall that, at the start of his contribution, the Minister referred to the phrase ''or any other period'', which might be an extension of the period of protected rights. He seemed to be quoting, but I could not see whether he was quoting from the Bill.
Although the Minister kindly offered to write to me and to other hon. Members about the limitations—as I saw them—on the extension of protected rights, I hope that he does not suppose that he has answered my point, and that we might see his answer in writing later. I am concerned that there might be valid circumstances in which a licence holder has not used the licence for a period of time that might not be encompassed in new subsection (9)(b) in clause 19.