Schedule 4
Commons Bill [Lords]
3:45 pm
Paddy Tipping (PPS (Rt Hon Jack Straw, Secretary of State), Foreign & Commonwealth Office; Sherwood, Labour)
I am conscious of the time, and I apologise to my hon. Friends. The amendment’s intention is to return the Bill to the form in which it was originally published. Perhaps the Minister will tell us why the proposal to insert the June 2005 date was accepted in the House of Lords. Many obstacles across the country prevent a right to roam. Had that date not been put in the Bill, people who feel strongly on those issues could have taken enforcement action. Powers are available for the future but not in respect of the past.