HC Deb 25 February 1976 vol 906 c232W
29. Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government on the closing of roads or restriction of traffic within National Parks.

Mr. Oakes

In our Statement of Conclusions on the Sandford Report we confirmed that, in the National Parks, environmental quality should be the primary criterion in the management of traffic, subject always to the need for road safety, and that it would be right for management policies and proposals to be prepared jointly by the local highway authority and the national park authority.