HL Deb 31 October 1990 vol 522 c1855

4 Clause 41, page 43, line 33, at end insert: ("(1A) Where, at any time during the subsistence of a licence, it appears to the waste regulation authority that pollution of water is likely to be caused by the activities to which the licence relates, it shall be the duty of the authority to consult the National Rivers Authority as to the discharge by the authority of the duty imposed on it by subsection (1) above.")

The Commons agreed to this amendment with the following amendment

4A Line 5, after 'Authority' insert 'or, in Scotland, the river purification authority whose area includes any of the relevant land'.

Baroness Blatch

My Lords, I beg to move that the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 4A to Lords Amendment No. 4. With the leave of the House I shall speak also to Amendments Nos. 5 and 5A.

These two government Amendments Nos. 4A and 5A are to amendments moved in this House at Report stage by my noble friend Lord Renton. My noble friend's amendments extended the consultation procedures for waste management sites to provide comprehensive cover for all occasions on which the National Rivers Authority might have an interest. The Government are indebted to my noble friend Lord Renton for identifying and filling a real gap in the Bill.

These further amendments, suggested by my noble friend Lord Balfour and inserted in another place, add the final touch by extending the consultation procedures to Scotland, where the river purification boards would be the bodies consulted. I believe we can say that we have kilted this part of the Bill.

Moved, That the House do agree with the Commons in their Amendment No. 4A to Lords Amendment No. 4—(Baroness Blotch.)

On Question, Motion agreed to.