§ Mr. SkeffingtonI beg to move Amendment No. 73, in page 31, line 27, after "duty" insert "of every Minister, and".
In Committee my hon. and learned Friend gave an undertaking—I invite attention to column 865—to effect a change of this kind. The Amendment has the effect of requiring every Minister exercising functions under the Bill and the 1948 Act
to have due regard to the needs of agriculture and forestry and to the economic and social interests of rural areas.
§ Mr. ChannonI am grateful to the Joint Parliamentary Secretary for having tabled this very satisfactory Amendment.
§ Amendment agreed to.