Commons Bill [HL]

moved Amendment No. 197:"Page 19, line 36, after ““access”” insert ““including access under sections 2 (rights of public in relation to access land) and 3 (power to extend to coastal land) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 (c. 37)””" The noble Lord said: Amendment No. 197 seeks to clarify that the rights of access referred to in Clause 36 include those rights of access under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act. I shall say no more about that. If the Minister is able to assure me on that point, I shall be happy to withdraw the amendment. Amendment No. 212 refers, perhaps a little prematurely, to the consent regime which we will be discussing under Clause 37. It refers in subsection (2) to the public interest, including the protection of public rights of access to an area of land; that is simply to strengthen it to refer also to the promotion of those rights of access. I shall be interested to hear what the Minister has to say. I beg to move.