Member

The updates in the instrument are largely technical, it must be said, but there are a few points I should raise. First, on fees, we must be anxious that fees are not set at levels that are prohibitive for operators of hovercraft. I ask the Minister whether there is some limitation on fees—for example, one that requires that, taken together over a period of, say, a year, the fees do not in total exceed the costs of delivering the regulatory service for the department or the Maritime and Coastguard Agency—so that at least they cannot be used in a way that interferes excessively with the operation of any services that are proposed.