Part of Planning and Compulsory Purchase (Re-committed) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 10:30 am on 16 October 2003.
Sir Sydney Chapman
Conservative, Chipping Barnet
10:30,
16 October 2003
I dare to intervene at this point because what I have to say is directly related to subsection (2). Paragraph (b) says:
''forming part of a common, open space or fuel or field garden allotment''.
What is meant by ''or fuel''? I do not understand.
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