New Clause 4
Commons Bill [Lords]
2:45 pm
Tom Levitt (PPS (Rt Hon Hilary Benn, Secretary of State), Department for International Development; High Peak, Labour)
I have a lot of sympathy with the aims that my hon. Friend is trying to achieve through the new clause. On the creation of town and village greens and the role of Natural England, does he anticipate that the duty will be a general duty, or an advisory duty? Would Natural England be allowed some discretion to advise on what might be a good plan for a village or town green and what might be otherwise, or does he expect Natural England to support every application willy-nilly?