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Amendment 144 simply removes the corresponding provision from part 3 where it is no longer required as a result of the new section.The Executive will also shortly lodge an amendment to part 4—similar to amendment 144—for discussion by the committee when part 4 of the bill is reached.I move amendment 33.
If the amendment is intended to give the courts new powers of interpretation, which could result in the courts looking behind the terms of the power, we would oppose it on policy grounds.
That is included in the Port Marine Safety Code, which is a relatively new initiative that the Department for Transport has developed over the past decade.
We should perhaps consider organic farming in the uplands as a way of helping to provide a new opportunity for some farmers—sheep farmers in particular, but also some cattle farmers—to exploit a new market or a market that may be developing.