Commons Bill [HL]

My Lords, I understand that the noble Lord is not into point scoring, but I read in the Bill that this is to be the ““Commons Act 2005””. I may have been looking at the wrong version; perhaps it said that only in its first form and that it was amended in Committee to refer to ““2006””. I think that it is worth checking. The new amendment casts the net wide. I have taken on board the points made by my noble friend and the noble Baroness in Committee that a considerable amount of additional access is permitted through previous Acts of Parliament and other lawful means of access. Noble Lords will see that Amendment No. 74B now includes references to the Metropolitan Commons Act 1866, the Commons Act 1876, the Commons Act 1899, the Commons Act 1908 and the Law of Property Act 1925. Paragraph (f), in trying to take the broadest account of what was said in Committee, states,"““all other relevant Acts relating to access on commons and town and village greens, whether public, local, personal or permissive””." It would be great if people could check the definition of ““access””. They could now find it in this Bill so far as common land is concerned. I know that access is mentioned in passing in other parts of the Bill, but here they would be able to check precisely on their rights. Without more ado, I beg to move.