§ Mr. Macdonaldasked the Minister of Housing and Local Government when the "Country Code" was first published; and what arrangements have been, and are being, made to publicise it.
§ Mr. MacDermotThe "Country Code" was first published in 1951. It has been reprinted seven times and sales to date exceed 120,000 copies.
The National Parks Commission use all recognised methods of publicity: posters, exhibitions, radio, television, leaflets, articles, Press notices, car stickers and postal franking.
The Commission attach particular importance to the widest possible distribution of the Code among school children and have received excellent co-operation from education authorities, the Association of Education Committees and the National Union of Teachers. A wall-sheet publicising the Code has been displayed in some 28,000 local authority schools alone.
The Commission also receive much help from the London Transport Board, the British Railways Board, the Automobile Association and the Royal Automobile Club, all of whom include references to the Code in their publications.