Clause 1 - “Constitution”

Part of Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:00 am on 21 June 2005.

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Photo of David Kidney David Kidney Labour, Stafford 11:00, 21 June 2005

As my hon. Friend has said, all this joint working may go swimmingly and the opportunity may come later on to decide to go the whole hog and make the transfer from the Forestry Commission to the new agency. He says that that would take primary legislation and he knows how difficult it is to get a slot in the legislative programme. With all the enthusiasm on the Opposition Benches, why does he not snap their hand off and include in the Bill provision for a later scheme, to be made under secondary legislation, for the transfer?