Orders of the Day — Planning and Compensation Bill [Lords] – in the House of Commons am 8:30 pm ar 19 Mehefin 1991.
Mr Paul Dean
, Woodspring
With this it will be convenient to take the following amendments: No. 128, in page 32, leave out lines 28 and 29.
No. 129, in page 32, line 38, at end insert
`and liable to a penalty determined under section (Penalties for non-compliance with hedgerow management order) below'.
No. 130, in page 32, line 38, at end insert—
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