§ 44. Mr. Jannerasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government when the Pennine Way which it was hoped to 959 complete in July, 1952, will be ready; and how many miles of new rights of way have still to be established under the National Parks Act.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanI would refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 16th March to the hon. Members for Stockton-on-Tees (Mr. Chetwynd) and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, East (Mr. Blenkinsop). No more new rights of way have been created since then.
§ Mr. JannerWill the right hon. Gentleman explain why he promised that this would be completed by the autumn of last year and state what is holding up completion now?
§ Mr. MacmillanThere are certain legal complications which have to be negotiated, and, since this will last for a long time, it is very important to get the most attractive and most generally agreed route. I cannot honestly say that I have any practical experience of the route, for I am rather beyond the age at which I might be expected to walk such distances, but my Parliamentary Secretary keeps walking backwards and forwards across it and he tells me that there are still some arguments about certain parts of it. It is important to get the route generally agreed.