HC Deb 11 July 1973 vol 859 cc1674-5
Mr. Onslow

I beg to move, Amendment No. 13, in page 11, line 16, leave out from 'property' to 'and' in line 17.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this amendment it will be convenient to discuss Government Amendment No. 14.

Mr. Onslow

Those hon. Members who served on the Committee may remember that the prose style of this passage in the original Bill attracted unfavourable comment. An undertaking was given that we would see what we could do about it. Modesty forbids me from identifying the anonymous draftsman, but the House will see that it has proved possible to rephrase these provisions without destroying their sense and to save 36 words in the process.

I hope that the amendments will commend themselves to the House.

Mr. Clinton Davis

I congratulate the hon. Gentleman—a very unusual situation—on getting rid of some of the gobbledegook which appeared in the Bill, which he conceded.

Amendment agreed to.

Amendment made: No. 14, in page 11, line 18, leave out from 'require' to end of line 26 and insert: 'the modification or alteration of any aircraft, or of any of its apparatus or equipment, or the installation of additional apparatus or equipment, or prohibit any aircraft from being caused or permitted to fly without some modification or alteration of the aircraft or its apparatus or equipment or the installation of additional apparatus or equipment'.

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