§ AMENDMENTS OF ACT OF 1949
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Lords Amendment No. 22: Page 19, line 28, at end insert:
( ) In section 51(1) of the Act of 1949 (general provisions as to long distance routes) after the word ' horseback' there shall be inserted the words ' or on a bicycle not being a motor vehicle'.
§ Mr. SkeffingtonI beg to move, That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.
This enables the Countryside Commission to take the needs of pedal cyclists 173 into account when considering proposals for long distance routes. It is pre-cedented in the Scottish Act.
§ Mr. ChannonWe strongly support this Amendment, and are glad that their Lordships made it. It will be welcomed particularly by the Youth Hostels Association and others interested in long distance: routes. However, the Parliamentary Secretary must not quote the Scottish Act too much, otherwise he may weaken his case rather than strengthen it.
§ Question put and agreed to.