I beg to move amendment No. 177, in page 46, line 28, leave out subsection (3).

I shall not detain the Committee for more than a few moments because I am about to move an amendment to the Civil Defence (Grants) Bill in Committee Room 5. It has been a busy morning.

My amendment would remove subsection (3), which is completely superfluous. In the words of the hon. Member for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd), it is ''otiose''. I believe in trying to keep things as simple as possible and I would be grateful if the Minister would carefully consider my proposal.