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Catalogue description Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Common Land (CL Series)
| Reference: | MAF 292 |
|---|---|
| Title: | Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: Registered Files: Common Land (CL Series) |
| Description: |
This series contains files created following publication of the report of the Royal Commission on Common Land in 1958. They cover a range of subjects relating to common land, including papers on the preparation of the commission's report, comments thereon by government departments and outside organisations, policy papers on the recommendations, working parties and legislation arising from the same. |
| Date: | 1957-1965 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | CL file series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Physical description: | 55 file(s) |
| Access conditions: | Open |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
The Royal Commission on Common Land concluded that: 'As the last reserve of uncommitted land in England and Wales, common land ought to be preserved in the public interest. The public interest embraces both the creation of wider facilities for public access and an increase in the productivity of the land'. |
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