Member

I speak also on behalf of my other noble friend Lady McIntosh of Pickering on her Amendment 62. Both my noble friends apologise for not being able to speak to their amendments directly. My noble friend Lady McIntosh wishes to have a debate about the smaller reservoirs required by local golf clubs and farms, for example, and to set out why she is in favour of building them to serve their needs. This is currently discouraged by the de minimis rules in the Reservoirs Act 1975. The rules and safety regulations are very onerous, and disproportionate to the risk posed. While my noble friend welcomes the review currently under way, we would like to inject a sense of urgency into that review, so that changes from legislation—most likely through regulations, rather than primary legislation—can follow. I beg to move.