§ [No. 13]
§ Clause 2, page 3, line 43, at end insert ("and to the desirability of safeguarding the environment").
§ Lord KIRKHILLMy Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the 680 Commons in their Amendment No. 13. This Amendment obliges the Agency to have regard to the desirability of safeguarding the environment in the exercise of their functions. The Amendment also fulfils the undertaking which my right honourable friend gave to the honourable Members for East Fife and Kinross and West Perth shire in another place during discussion there. This Amendment, which relates to the full range of the Agency's functions, will ensure that they take full account of amenity and environmental considerations. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendment.—(Lord Kirkhill.)
Lord CAMPBELL of CROYMy Lords, I think the addition of these words to the Bill could not fail to have the support of your Lordships.
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.