§ Mr. Finlayasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is aware that the Essex County Council propose to hold footpath inquiries under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act, 1949, concurrently with the public inquiries into the objections to the Essex County Development Plan; and whether, in view of the resulting difficulty to landowners and other persons interested whose professional advisers will be engaged at the latter inquiries, he will consult the Essex County Council with a view to postponing either his own or the county council inquiry so as to avoid a clash of dates.
§ Mr. H. MacmillanI am aware that the Essex County Council propose to hold footpath inquiries during the period when the inquiry into the objections to the Essex County Development Plan will be 29W held, but I am assured by the council that they will so arrange matters that the dates they fix for footpath inquiries will be convenient for those who wish to be heard.