HL Deb 31 July 1962 vol 243 cc161-2

Clause 44, page 35, line 3, at end insert ("and subsections (4) and (5) of the said section two hundred and ninety shall, with the like modifications, apply in relation to any hearing caused by the Minister to take place in England or Wales in pursuance of any provision of this Act (otherwise than by way of public inquiry or under the said section thirty-one) as if the hearing were a public inquiry caused by the Minister to be held as aforesaid").

LORD CHESHAM

My Lords, Clause 44, subsection (1), lays down that the Minister can recover or award costs when any public inquiry is held under the Bill. The Amendment will allow the Minister to recover or award costs at hearings in the same way as he can at public inquiries. I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.

Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(Lord Chesham.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.