New clause 3 - Compensation
Civil Contingencies Bill
5:00 pm
Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Parliamentary Leader; Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Plaid Cymru)
The Minister referred to article 1 of the first protocol. He did not finish the sentence, which includes the words
''except in the public interest''.
In other words, the Government would be allowed, in the public interest, not to compensate. Will the Minister elaborate on that?