§ Lord Coleraineasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they are satisfied with the working of the Prescription Act 1832; and whether they will introduce legislation to repeal the Act and to abolish, in respect of both easements and profits à prendre, prescription at common law and under the doctrine of lost modern grant, as recommended in 1966 by the Law Reform Committee.
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§ The Lord Chancellor (Lord Mackay of Clashfern)There are no plans to abolish the right to acquire easements or profits by prescription.