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Commons Bill [HL]

Debate on bills on Wednesday, 20 July 2005, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Bach. The answering member was Baroness Byford.
Commons Bill (HL). Lords second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Grand Committee

About these Parliamentary proceedings

Reference

673 c1487-528 

Session

2005-06

Department

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Legislative stage

Second reading

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Related items

Commons Bill (HL). Explanatory Notes HL Bill 11-EN also published.
Monday, 27 June 2005
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Lord Chorley | 673 c1503-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I come to this Bill as rather a greenhorn, although I remember that when I was the chairma...
Lord Greaves | 673 c1502-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful—and socialist with a small ““s””, no doubt. We have village greens and urba...

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Viscount Ullswater | 673 c1506-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for his clear introduction to the Bill, and for the helpful briefing ...
Lord Haworth | 673 c1505-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I welcome the Bill. Common land is an important part of our natural heritage. It is of val...
Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer | 673 c1494-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for introducing the Bill and for laying out its historic context. Eve...
Lord Walpole | 673 c1497 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I also thank the Minister for his very clear introduction of the Bill. I apologise for spe...
Lord Clark of Windermere | 673 c1498-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in preparing my thoughts for the debate, I read a short history of common land and common ...
Lord Patten | 673 c1499-501 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Clark of Windermere. I think that his views of co...
Lord Greaves | 673 c1501-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, many of us in the House today will welcome the Minister to the travails and excitement of ...
Lord Patten | 673 c1502 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House may wish to be aware that I used the word ““conservative”” with a small ““c”” ra...
Lord Bach | 673 c1487-91 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that this Bill be now read a second time. Its purpose is to improve the mana...
Baroness Byford | 673 c1491-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Lord, Lord Bach, for his introduction of the Bill. He has unravelled the...
Lord Bach | 673 c1527-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, forgive me—blackberries. We have also heard examples of commons at risk from over-grazing,...
Lord Bach | 673 c1523-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank all noble Lords who have taken part in what has been a very constructive debate on...
Duke of Montrose | 673 c1520-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I can consider myself fortunate that coming from Scotland, as the Minister pointed...
Lord Livsey of Talgarth | 673 c1518-20 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the Minister and his department on the amount of preparatory work done on t...
Lord Greaves | 673 c1515 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I did not say that it was an anachronism; I said that it was a relic. It is not necessaril...
Lord Inglewood | 673 c1515-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am extremely grateful for the noble Lord’s semantic distinction that he drew to my atten...
Lord Rotherwick | 673 c1513-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I congratulate the Government on bringing forward this long-overdue Bill. I hope that due ...
Lord Inglewood | 673 c1515 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, like most other speakers in this afternoon’s debate, I must begin by welcoming the Bill. I...
Lord Cameron of Dillington | 673 c1510-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome the Bill, which is long overdue. It is, unfortunately, ironic, as has been...
Earl of Caithness | 673 c1512-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, having been a critic of Defra in the past, it is a surprise and pleasure to thank it for i...
Lord Tyler | 673 c1508-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have a long-standing interest in what I regard as these long-delayed reforms. I served a...

Subjects

Access
Applications
Agriculture
Costs
Common land
Land use
Grazing land
Local government
Ownership
Livestock
Management
Registration
Sustainable development
Commons councils
Retrospective legislation
Village greens

Legislation

Commons Bill (HL) 2005-06

Link

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