§ Mr. Blenkinsopasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what proposals he has for reviewing the present system of public rights of way and the procedures involved in recording, creating, closing and maintaining them.
§ Mr. WilleyMy right hon. Friend in association with the Secretary of State for Wales is appointing a Committee under the chairmanship of Sir Arthur Gosling to consider the whole question and to make recommendations. The terms of reference are: "To consider how far the present system of footpaths, bridleways and other comparable rights of way in England and Wales and the arrangements for the recording, closure, diversion, creation and maintenance of such routes are suitable for present and potential needs in the countryside, and to make recommendations", and the membership is as follows
Sir Arthur Gosling, K.B.E. (Chairman).Mr. J. E. Blow, Clerk of the Kesteven County Council.Mr. I. Campbell, LL.B., Secretary of the Commons, Open Spaces and Footpaths Preservation Society.Mr. John Cripps, Member of the Council of the Rural District Councils Association and of the C.P.R.E.Mr. M. R. Darke, Member of the National Farmers' Union.Mr. T. E. Fairclough, Secretary of the Merseyside Youth Hostel Association and Member of the Snowdonia National Park Joint Advisory Committee.Major Heywood, M.B.E., F.L.A.S., Member of the Country Landowners' Association.Mr. G. McGuire, Member of the Youth Hostels Association.Mr. H. E. G. Read, C.B.E., F.L.A.S., Land Agent.348WMr. E. Richards, Farmer, near Swansea. Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee of the N.F.U.Mr. Tom Stephenson, Secretary of the Ramblers' Association.Secretary—Miss C. E. Barson, O.B.E.