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| + 1 | NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL COMMUNITIES BILL: Second Reading.
[Until 10.00 p.m.]
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| Mr Michael Howard
Mr Oliver Letwin
Mr James Paice
Mr Owen Paterson
Bill Wiggin
David Maclean
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| That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill because, whilst making welcome amendments to wildlife protection and rights of way legislation, it nevertheless creates a new public body with far-reaching powers affecting the landscape of England and Wales and rural communities without setting the protection of the natural environment as the priority, without creating a simplified scheme of support for either the environment or rural communities and without any accountability at local or national level; and because it also creates a second public body with no function that cannot be effectively delivered by existing local authorities and by other elected bodies and gives the Secretary of State powers to abolish existing public bodies and to create new public bodies, endowing them with significant powers.
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| The Fifth Report from the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Session 2004-05, HC 408ļI, on the Government's Rural Strategy and the draft Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill, and the Government Response thereto, Cm 6574, are relevant.
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| Debate may continue until 10.00 p.m.
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| + 2 | NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL COMMUNITIES BILL (PROGRAMME)
[No debate]
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| Secretary Margaret Beckett
Mr Geoffrey Hoon
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| That the following provisions shall apply to the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill:
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| Committal
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| 1. The Bill shall be committed to a Standing Committee.
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| Proceedings in Standing Committee
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| 2. Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Tuesday 5th July 2005.
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| 3. The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.
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| Consideration and Third Reading
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| 4. Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the day on which those proceedings are commenced.
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| 5. Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.
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| 6. Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.
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| Other proceedings
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| 7. Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the Lords) may be programmed.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 83A(6)).
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| + 3 | NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL COMMUNITIES BILL [MONEY]: Queen's recommendation signified.
[No debate]
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| That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of money provided by Parliament of—
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| (1) any expenditure incurred by a Minister of the Crown in consequence of the Act, and
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| (2) any increase attributable to the Act in the sums payable by virtue of any other Act out of money so provided.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
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| + 4 | NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND RURAL COMMUNITIES BILL [WAYS AND MEANS]
[No debate]
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| That, for the purposes of any Act resulting from the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill, it is expedient to authorise the making of provision requiring charges to be paid in respect of licences issued by Natural England.
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| To be decided without debate (Standing Order No. 52(1)(a)).
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| At the end of the sitting:
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| 5 | ADJOURNMENT
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| Proposed subject: Local energy generation (Mr David Heath).
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| Debate may continue until 10.30 p.m., or for half an hour, whichever is later (Standing Order No. 9).
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