Terrestrial and Freshwater Protected Sites Debate
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Lord Berkeley of Knighton
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Terrestrial and Freshwater Protected Sites
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Lord Berkeley of Knighton (CB) [V]
My Lords, I apologise to the noble Lord for returning once again to the question of polluted Welsh water running into English rivers. The farming rules for water in England have no counterpart in Wales. In his Written Answer to my Question on 27 October, the noble Lord said that his department had not been in touch with Wales and he cited devolution as the reason. I put it to him, respectfully, that we should cut through bureaucracy in the cause of common sense.
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park (Con) [V]
The noble Lord makes an extremely good point. I am afraid I am not in a position to update him on the letter I provided most recently. However, I will take his message back to the department with a view to making progress and, as he said, cutting through the red tape and bureaucracy.