Clause 319
Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]
12:15 pm
Richard Benyon (Shadow Minister, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Newbury, Conservative)
Further to that point of order, Mr. Gale. I am grateful to the Minister for his kind words about Lord Kingsland, who, as he has said, was very active in moving amendments in another place. The Minister has been generous in his thanks, and I can only echo them and thank all members of the Committee. We have worked well on a cross-party basis to improve the Bill. There is more work to be done, which, no doubt, we will do with a similar co-operative attitude. I thank the Minister’s Bill team, who have kept us informed at every step in a very professional way. I am grateful to the Minister and, of course, to the Committee Clerks, who have steered us along.
This is really important legislation, and I look forward to its getting Royal Assent as soon as possible. I think that I speak for all Opposition Members when I say how grateful we are to the many organisations that have lobbied us, and we hope to continue to work with them when the Bill is implemented. The legislation has excited much more interest from a greater number of people than many pieces of legislation do, and I hope that we can represent as many of their views as possible in the final legislation. Thank you, Mr. Gale.