Bill 3897 Committee stage Lords

Malvern Hills Bill [HL]

A Bill to repeal and re-enact certain enactments relating to the Malvern Hills Conservators and the management of the Malvern Hills, to reconstitute and rename those Conservators as the Malvern Hills Trust and to confer further powers on the Malvern Hills Trust, to make further provision in relation to the Malvern Hills, and for other purposes.

Originating house
Lords
Introduced
27 November 2024
Last updated
30 October 2026

What this bill does

Currently at Committee stage in the Lords.

Creates a new Malvern Hills Trust to protect and manage the Hills.

This bill would replace the old Malvern Hills Acts with one new modern Act. It renames the Malvern Hills Conservators as the Malvern Hills Trust, resets how the Trust is run, and updates its powers over access, byelaws, land, finance and enforcement. Its main purpose is to keep the Malvern Hills open, natural and protected while allowing the Trust to manage them more effectively.

  • Repeal the Malvern Hills Acts 1884, 1909, 1924, 1930 and 1995, plus related instruments, and re-enact much of their content in modern form
  • Rename the Malvern Hills Conservators as the Malvern Hills Trust and continue it as a body corporate
  • Reduce the board from 29 trustees to 12, with 8 elected and 4 appointed trustees
  • Create a new electoral area and set rules for elections, including postal or electronic voting and candidate statements
  • Give the Trust powers to make rules, byelaws, issue fixed penalty notices, and enforce those byelaws
  • Keep public access to the Malvern Hills on foot or horseback, while allowing restrictions for conservation, safety, fire risk, and other specified reasons
  • Strengthen duties to keep the Hills unenclosed and unbuilt on, and give powers to resist enclosure and encroachment
  • Allow the Trust to acquire, dispose of, lease, licence and manage land, including ancillary land and St Ann’s Well, subject to limits and Secretary of State consent in some cases
  • Continue the levy on local council tax payers in specified parishes and allow borrowing and mortgaging of land with safeguards
  • Allow the Trust to manage parking, paths, lavatories, stalls, events, trees, drainage, vehicle access and utilities on the Hills

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Progress

  1. Petition to introduce a Private Bill presented to Parliament
  2. Examination for compliance with Standing Orders
  3. 1st reading · Lords
  4. 2nd reading · Lords
  5. Committee stage · Lords
  6. Carry-over motion · Lords
  7. Carry-over motion · Commons
  8. Motion to revive Bill · Lords