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Amendments made: No. 32 in page 11, line 36, after `(3)', insert
`Subject to subsection (3A) below,'.
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No. 33, in page 11, line 47, at end insert—
`(3A) An order made on an application dealt with by a person appointed under this section shall not authorise the compulsory acquisition of land, or the compulsory creation or extinguishment of rights over land (including rights of navigation over water).'.—[Mr. McLoughlin.]
§ Mr. McLoughlin1 beg to move amendment No. 34, in page 12, line 11, at end insert—
'(5A) If the Secretary of State exercises the power conferred on him by subsection (5)(a) above, he shall give reasons to the appointed person for revoking his appointment.'.It might help if I make a few comments on amendment No. 34. It requires the Secretary of State to give a reason to the appointed person if his or her appointment is to be revoked. The amendment stops short of publication, because it is possible that the appointment is being revoked for reasons that that person would not want to be divulged. For example, it might be on health grounds or for some other personal reasons which should not be made public. I think, however, that this amendment meets the spirit of the one tabled in Committee by the hon. Member for Newham, South (Mr. Spearing), and I hope that the House will support it.
§ Amendment agreed to.