HC Deb 11 November 1975 vol 899 cc1381-3

Lords Amendment: No. 80, in page 72, line 37, leave out "direct all the" and insert: after consulting all the authorities direct those".

Mr. Oakes

I beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said amendment.

Mr. Deputy Speaker

With this amendment we may consider Lords Amendment No. 96.

Mr. Oakes

The amendments require the Secretary of State, before directing authorities to devise a land acquisition and management scheme, to consult those authorities. It was always envisaged—indeed, it is essential—that that would be done. But the Opposition in another place suggested that it would be helpful to write the provision into the Bill. It is only writing into the Bill that which would naturally happen, and therefore we see no reason not to concur with the Lords.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords amendment disagreed to. Lords Amendment: No. 82, in page 73, line 9, at end insert— (2) As soon as practicable after a scheme has been made or revised, the county authority shall send a copy of the scheme (or the scheme as revised) to every parish council whose area comprises any part of the county area. (3) As respects Scotland sub-paragraph (2) above shall not apply but, in the case of a scheme made or revised for the area of a general planning authority, that authority shall send as soon as practicable a copy of the scheme (or the scheme as revised) to every district council whose district comprises any part of that area.

Read a Second time.

Mr. Oakes

I beg to move, as an amendment to the Lords amendment, in subsection (2), leave out "county area" and insert area of the county authority". I shall be asking the House to agree with the Lords amendment, but that amendment was slightly defective.

The Lords amendment requires that when a land acquisition and management scheme has been made or revised the county authority shall send copies of the scheme to parish councils in the area, or that in Scotland where a scheme is made or revised by a general planning authority that authority shall send copies of the scheme to district councils in the area.

The amendment follows a point raised by the Opposition in the other place and simply repeats for land acquisition and management schemes something that is already provided for in Schedule 8, where there is provision for a declaration of a disposal notification area. It will thus help to keep local authorities which are not authorities for the purposes of the land scheme informed of the arrangements for implementing the scheme in their areas, which is something that hon. Members on both sides of the House would wish to see. This gives effect to the Lords amendment.

Amendment to the Lords amendment agreed to.

Lords amendment, as amended, agreed to.

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