General Powers of the Board

Part of Orders of the Day — Development of Rural Wales Bill [Lords] – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 November 1976.

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Again, if the Board could not amalgamate land, it could not acquire agricultural land from separate owners for playing fields. To quote yet another example, the Board would not always want to acquire an entire agricultural unit. Yet this amendment would require it to do so, as otherwise in acquiring part of a unit it could be said to be reshaping an agricultural unit.