Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 6:10 pm on 27 February 2006.

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Photo of Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton Government Whip 6:10, 27 February 2006

I do not know, and unless wisdom strikes me from on high in a very few seconds, I shall not have the answer. Therefore I will write to the noble Baroness. However, it would be my understanding that we would act legally and within EU rules, so in those circumstances we must have the power to do so. I am not quite sure whether we are doing that unilaterally; it is possible that we are not. However, I shall write to her.