—the meaningless public consultation process (strategic environmental assessment) announced by the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources under EU Directive 2001/42/ EC (11 April 2006) (SI 435 of 2004 and SI 436 of 2004) with rushed timescale (25 May 2006) required prior to the next allocation of licences for offshore oil and gas exploration, and designed to exclude the public rather than include them;

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