Clause 292
Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]
9:15 am
Ann McKechin (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Scotland Office; Glasgow North, Labour)
The hon. Gentleman raises an important point. Further to the point that his hon. Friend the Member for Broxbourne raised, I can confirm that local authorities will undertake most of the work, and be enabled to support Natural England. Natural England will in turn fund time-limited posts in local authorities so there will be no new burden on them. It will be time limited. If local authorities want to take part, they will know in advance when the consultation will expire and when they will be expected to have done the job.