Member

The noble Lord, Lord Banner, has dealt with the third point, so I can be very brief. It is that the current state of the law, as pronounced by the Supreme Court—which overruled the Court of Appeal and the High Court on this issue—is very damaging to development and to the growth of the economy. That, of course, is one of the primary objectives of this Government. The current position is that developers that have purchased land from local authorities now need to inquire into whether the land was subject to a trust and, if so, whether the local authority properly complied with its duty to advertise.