Clause38
Commons Bill [Lords]
1:00 pm
Philip Dunne (Ludlow, Conservative)
I am grateful for theopportunity to serve under your chairmanship,Mr.Weir.
I want to drawto the Minister’s attention to a case just outside myconstituency, at Llynclys common in North Shropshire. An applicationwas made by the Shropshire Wildlife Trust, which manages part of thecommon, to erect fencing to protect biodiversity and to reintroducegrazing after the common had been under-grazed for a number of years.It took a total of three years to get the necessary consents, includingthe consent of the Secretary of State, and the process was eventuallycompleted in 1998. Obviously, it is conceivable that procedures havebeen speeded up in the past few years, but I have my doubts. Someguidance needs to be provided on the question of fast-tracking and howlong it will take in practice.