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Protection of Freedoms Bill

The advice ““Don’t go to law”” might be extended to ““Be very careful about buying a house on an unadopted road””. The former private enterprise, which the noble Lord, Lord Soley, described, of clamping one’s neighbours’ vehicles is quite extreme. Perhaps I may ask a few questions. I do not suggest that the problems the noble Lord has described are not important but, on the amendment, first, is he suggesting that this extends to any public authority beyond the Land Registry? I suppose that local authorities holding a local land charges register might be relevant, but this is all public authorities. Secondly, on whether the letter from the Land Registry did not refer to land having gone to the Crown in the situation of intestacy, and thirdly, whether there is a concern about more than the adoption of roads. The amendment is more extensive than that, as I understand the thrust of it.