Member

Natural England will be responsible for securing the delivery of conservation measures and required to monitor and report on their progress, with government Amendment 248A also requiring mandatory back-up measures to be deployed where monitoring and mid-point reporting demonstrates that they are needed. If, at the EDP end date, the outcomes originally envisaged have not been delivered, the Bill, supported by the government amendments, would require the Secretary of State to carry out any remedial measures that they consider appropriate to secure those outcomes. For this reason, it is not necessary to restate this obligation through the levy regulations and I hope my noble friend will agree to withdraw her amendment.