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Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill

I am not a lawyer, but I always understood that in property law if someone could show good title to a piece of land they were then entitled to enjoy a right of necessity, whether that applied to a dwelling house or to any other kind of property such as a field or a piece of woodland. If I carry your Lordships with me so far, rather additional consequences begin to arise, particularly in the case of a house or dwelling of some kind, where there would be repeated use by vehicles to gain access and that use would be over someone else’s land. I encourage the Government to think rather seriously about that and about whether, when such rights are recognised, provision ought to be made for contributions, particularly from house owners, to the upkeep and maintenance of the right of way that is to be used for access.