Clause8
Commons Bill [Lords]
11:00 am
Jim Knight (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; South Dorset, Labour)
I am happy to reflect on that. My reading ofclause 11 concurs with the hon. Gentleman’s: it refers to a part, not the whole, of the dominanttenement. I confirm my initial thinking that if the whole dominanttenement is developed, clause 11 does not apply. I shall reflect onwhether the loss of the dominant tenement in its entirety means thatthe owner should be entitled to hang on to the rights if he sold up andmoved away. We are trying to ensure that commons have that localassociation. If the owner has gone, that association may belost.