Mr. Michael MacDonagh:

We do not envisage that happening. That said, we are so grateful to the expertise, capacity and work ethic of our heritage officer colleagues across the country who are now in every local authority. The answer to the Chairman's specific question is "No". There are, of course, other cohorts of heritage professionals in local authorities, including a cohort of local authority archaeologists with whom we work very closely under an established network. The principle of partnership in managing archaeological heritage is always enshrined there. In some cases, we do stand aside for local authorities that have local authority archaeologists. The Bill will assist them in their work rather than adding to their workload. We look forward to continuing to work with all our local authority colleagues under the Bill.