HC Deb 21 March 1990 vol 169 c676W
72. Mr. Rowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make a statement on his future policy for the protection of areas of outstanding natural beauty.

Mr. Trippier

The draft policy planning guidance note on the countryside and the rural economy issued for public comment on 13 December 1989 is a clear and authoritive statement of the Government's planning policies for the continued protection of areas of outstanding natural beauty and the wider countryside.