It is only one word longer, but four times. That is not a powerful argument and I imagine that the man who dredged that one up was at his wit's end. Incidentally, the Environment Act made no reference to an aesthetic interest either. What we are dealing with is a substantial misunderstanding of science and engineering. Engineering is not science.
Engineering uses science in order to make things.
We had a debate a week or so ago in which my noble friend Lord Diamond went on at some length about the value of the classics, especially Latin, as an educational matter. I know very little Latin and even less Greek. I am sure that Whitehall knows all about it. But I remind the Minister of this. It does not mean anything other than that.