Clause 22
Local Transport Bill [ Lords ]
5:15 pm
Norman Baker (Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Transport; Lewes, Liberal Democrat)
I suppose that I am addressing the issue of the approvals board as I wish to see it, which is as a statutory consultee, as would be the case with the Environment Agency. That is the role that I would like the approvals board to have. If the approvals board carries on with its present powers, the hon. Gentleman makes quite a good case for looking again at the membership and whether the traffic commissioner would be double-hatted in that regard.
I shall comment briefly on the Conservative amendment No. 62. No doubt the hon. Member for Wimbledon will address it himself, but I have some sympathy with the point that he is trying to make. He seems to be addressing the same point as me, but by different means. The fact that we have come from different directions to the same conclusion should weigh heavily with the Minister.