Part of Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:30 am on 21 June 2005.
Amendment agreed to.
Amendments made: No. 90, in schedule 1, page 44, line 14, at end insert
‘within such period as the Secretary of State directs’.
No. 91, in schedule 1, page 44, line 15, leave out sub-paragraph (2).
No. 92, in schedule 1, page 44, line 23, leave out
‘As soon as possible after the end of’
and insert ‘For’.
No. 93, in schedule 1, page 44, line 27, at end insert
‘within such period as the Secretary of State directs’.
No. 94, in schedule 1, page 44, line 31, leave out paragraph (b) and insert—
‘(b)send a copy of the certified statement and of his report to the Secretary of State as soon as possible.’.
No. 95, in schedule 1, page 44, line 32, at end insert—
‘24AThe Secretary of State must lay before each House of Parliament a document consisting of—
(a)a copy of the report sent under paragraph 23(1), and
(b)a copy of the statement and report sent under paragraph 24(4).’.—[Jim Knight.]
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
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