Set-aside Land (Hansard, 4 March 1998)

HC Deb 04 March 1998 vol 307 cc646-7W 646W

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if the proposals to improve access to open country apply to set-aside land. [32098]

§ Angela Eagle
Access to set-aside is already encouraged under MAFF's Countryside Access Scheme. The Government's proposals, set out in their consultation 647W paper, "Access to the Open Countryside", identify mountain, moor, heath, down and registered common land as the types of land to which priority for greater access should be given. The Government's proposals do not apply to developed land or to land used for agriculture (including set-aside), other than for extensive grazing.