Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park:

Moved by Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

146: Clause 56, page 38, line 2, at end insert—“(6) The requirement in subsection (5) may be met by consultation carried out before this section comes into force.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment provides that the consultation requirement in inserted section 45AZC(5) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 may be met by pre-commencement consultation.

147: Clause 56, page 38, line 36, at end insert—“(4A) The requirement in subsection (4) may be met by consultation carried out before this section comes into force.”Member’s explanatory statementThis amendment provides that the consultation requirement in inserted section 45AZE(4) of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 may be met by pre-commencement consultation.

Amendments 146 and 147 agreed.

Amendment 148 not moved.

Clause 56, as amended, agreed.

Clauses 57 to 60 agreed.

We now come to the group beginning with Amendment 148A. Anyone wishing to press this or anything else in this group to a Division must make that clear in debate.

Clause 61: Transfrontier shipments of waste