HC Deb 23 February 1983 vol 37 c461W
57. Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment what advice he is now able to offer in regard to the protection afforded to fences, including hedgerows, walls, dykes, ditches and other important features of landscape, through requirements laid down in large numbers of acts of inclosure.

Mr. Macfarlane

No general advice is possible. The degree of protection afforded depends on the circumstances of the case and the terms of the award under which the land was originally enclosed or allotted.