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Commons Bill [Lords]
1:30 pm
Philip Dunne (Ludlow, Conservative)
I rise briefly to support my hon. Friend the Memberfor South-East Cambridgeshire in relation to amendment No. 66. I am grateful to him for referring to my previousintervention in support of it.
My point to the Minister isthat most amendments to common land management procedures are connectedto the growing cycle. The improvement of biodiversity and the reseedingof ground where grass needs to be replaced happen over not weeks ormonths, but an entire growing season. If we miss the growing season oneyear, it is one year later before we can start to take the measuresneeded. Putting pressure on the statutory authority to accelerateapplications is vital; otherwise those problems will persist for yearafter year.