Commons Bill [HL]

Amendments Nos. 60, 62 and 72 are linked in respect of the amount of land limited. Amendment No. 60 changes the amount of released land in terms of deregulation and exchange from a limit of 200 square metres to 50. This reduces the amount of land and might possibly result in development. We do not have a lot of flat land in Wales. Many times we have heard speakers from England describing their commons. They have no comparison with the vertical commons we have in Wales. A small amount of land can be quite valuable and 200 square metres—certainly to the Welsh commons associations with whom I have discussed these matters—is a large amount. Amendment No. 62 says that replacement land larger in area than 50 square metres cannot be registered as common land in place of the leased land. That, obviously, is a quid pro quo. Amendment No. 72 specifies that the leased land is not more than 50 square metres if it is to be registered as common land. That covers the situation overall in those three amendments.