I beg to move amendment:

No. 151, in clause 56, page 22, line 3, at end insert—

‘or

(b)in relation to an order designating a National Park in Wales, a community council.’

Thank you and good morning, Mr. Forth. It is not quite as good a morning as those we have enjoyed during the Committee’s previous sittings, but the rain is welcome.

This is a technical amendment extending to Wales the provision that objections from parish or community councils alone will not be sufficient automatically to trigger a public inquiry. This is another of those occasions when I wanted to table the amendment before the hon. Member for Brecon and Radnorshire (Mr. Williams) did so. I hope that it is clear to the Committee that it was an oversight that we did not properly account for the situation in Wales, which was to some extent brought about by the extent of our consultation with our colleagues in Wales and waiting for them to be clear about what they wanted us to do in the Bill. I hope that the Committee will accept the amendment.