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  Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill - New Clause 7 - English National Park Authorities: Powers
  
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  @ MP voted aye to give National Park authorities more powers and more freedom to act as they see fit.
  @ MP voted against giving National Park authorities more powers and more freedom to act as they see fit.
  
  The majority of MPs voted to give [http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/aboutus National Park] authorities more powers and more freedom to act as they see fit.
  
  MPs were considering the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill[1].
  
  The proposed new clause supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was titled: ''English National Park authorities: general powers'' and began:
  
  :After [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/25/section/65 section 65 of the Environment Act 1995] insertâ
  
  :â65A English National Park authorities: general powers
  
  :(1) An English National Park authority may doâ
  
  :(a) anything it considers appropriate for the purposes of the carrying out of any of its functions (its âfunctional purposesâ),
  
  :(b) anything it considers appropriate for purposes incidental (whether directly or indirectly) to its functional purposes,
  
  :(c) anything it considers to be connected withâ
  
  :(i) any of its functions, or
  
  :(ii) anything it may do under paragraph (a) or (b), and
  
  :(d) for a commercial purpose, anything which it may do under any of paragraphs (a) to (c) otherwise than for a commercial purpose.
  
  The full new clause is reproduced in the official record[2].
  
  Members of national park authorities are appointed by either the Secretary of State, local councils or parish councils.[3]
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/citiesandlocalgovernmentdevolution.html Parliament's webpage on the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2015-12-07b.724.2#g724.3 House of Commons, Official Record, House of Commons, 7 December 2015]
  * [3] [http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/aboutus "About Us" page on the National Parks UK website. 
   
  
  
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