§ Mr. Fordasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if, in his circular on the use of disused railway tracks, he will state what action he proposes in response to suggestions that they should be made into bridleways.
§ Mr. Graham PageIt is proposed that the circular should introduce a new procedure under which it will be for local planning authorities to decide what is the best use in the public interest of disused railways in the countryside. Their use as bridleways was considered in the report prepared by Dr. Appleton for the Countryside Commission. Local planning authorities will, I am sure, give due weight to the arguments set forth in that report.