Clause 197
Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]
4:00 pm
David Jones (Shadow Minister, Wales; Clwyd West, Conservative)
Before I put my question, I declare an interest: by an extraordinary coincidence, the legal firm of which I am a director represents one of the parties in the Menai strait action to which the Minister referred. I understand the thrust of his proposed solution to this difficulty, but the amendment states that Ministers should
“have regard to the powers and duties”.
Will he expand on that? To which powers and duties should they have regard, and how will they have regard to them? What will they do when they have regard to them?