§ 7.31 p.m.
§ Order of the Day for the Third Reading read.
§ LORD LUCAS OF CHILWORTHMy Lords, upon the Second Reading of this Bill, the noble Lord, Lord Teynham, raised some doubt about the assurances given to the industry, both employers and employees, that proper consultation would be given before the regulations which the Minister has power to make under the Bill were actually made. I should like to repeat the assurance definitely and in terms about which there can be no equivocation. There will be full consultation with both employers and employees before these regulations are made, and similar consultations will take place before a decision is taken on the extent to which an existing fishing boat coming in for structural alterations or repairs must comply with the standards laid down in the new regulations. I think that assurance will be acceptable to the noble Lord opposite. We intend fully to carry it out. With that assurance, I 1125 hone your Lordships will give this Bill a Third Reading. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That the Bill be now read 3a;.—(Lord Lucas of Chilworth.)
LORD CLYDESMUIRMy Lords, on behalf of my noble friend, I should like to thank the noble Lord for these assurances, which are on lines which I think my noble friend would approve.
§ On Question, Bill read 3a;, and passed.