Clause 75
Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Bill [Lords]
9:15 am
Simon Hughes (Shadow Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs & Shadow Attorney General, Constitutional Affairs; North Southwark and Bermondsey, Liberal Democrat)
My understanding is that all thelaws on agricultural holdings appear in legislation that deals with agriculture holdings themselves. There is obviously a tradition of dealing with agricultural property relationships separately, and there has been much legislation on the subject. Therefore, in addition to the point made by the hon. Member for North-West Norfolk, I am concerned that the recovery process has crept into the Bill, particularly because it starts offby stating that the process will not apply in most circumstances. Will the Minister consider taking it out of the Bill and putting it in appropriate legislation? That is one of my bugbears. Legislation should be as streamlined as possible. If someone wants to look into the law about agricultural property, tenancy and holdings, they should be able to look at one set of Acts called agricultural holdings legislation and not have to look anywhere else.