Clause 6
Planning Bill
2:30 pm
Elfyn Llwyd (Parliamentary Leader; Meirionnydd Nant Conwy, Plaid Cymru)
I am listening to the hon. Lady and agree about the wording of the clause. I must say that the drafting is rather strange—I have not seen anything quite as strange as this for some time. [Interruption.] I read Private Eye and various other things.
The clause states:
“The Secretary of State must review each national policy statement whenever the Secretary of State thinks it appropriate to do so.”
We are always being told about words that are otiose. Surely the clause should state that the Secretary of State must review each NPS “periodically or from time to time”.