HC Deb 09 April 1968 vol 762 cc1286-7
Mr. MacDermot

I beg to move Amendment No. 37, in page 18, line 3, at beginning insert: (1) Section 11(3) of the Act of 1949 (general powers of local planning authorities in National Parks: exclusion of powers under other Acts) shall cease to have effect.

Mr. Speaker

With this Amendment we can discuss new Clause 17—General Powers of National Park Authorities—and Amendment No. 89.

Mr. MacDermot

These Amendments honour an undertaking give in Committee when the matter was raised by the hon. Member for Westmorland (Mr. Jopling). Their effect is to remove a limitation on the general powers of local planning authorities which has inhibited them from providing certain facilities such as benches, litter receptacles and other useful objects.

Mr. Jopling

This matter took two minutes in Committee. I think that it will take one and a half minutes tonight. I content myself with thanking the Government.

Amendment agreed to.

Mr. Skeffington

I beg to move Amendment No. 38, in page 18, line 7, at end insert: (2) In section 86(1)(b) of the Act of 1949 (information services to be provided by Commission) after the word 'architectural' there shall be inserted the word 'archaeological'. On 30th January in Committee we accepted an Amendment to allow objects of archaeological interest to be added to the list of matters about which information and educational facilities might be provided in study centres in National Parks. This is a consequential Amendment to Section 86 of the 1949 Act.

Amendment agreed to.

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