§ Mr. RendelTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects, under the Crichel Down rules, to restore commoners' rights to those who previously held them at Greenham common.
§ Mr. HanleyCrichel Down rules regulate the disposal of land where there are former owners with rights to re-purchase. The issue of commoners' rights attaching to land is a separate matter. It is my Department's view, based on legal advice, that the commoners' rights on Greenham common were extinguished when compensation moneys were handed over to the Committee of Commoners. My Department has no plans to restore commoners' rights there.