§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what advice his Department has given to the Countryside Commission on policy on access to the countryside for people with disabilities. [40170]
§ Angela EagleThe Countryside Commission has a duty under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 which requires those providing goods, facilities and services not to discriminate against disabled people. The Commission is currently preparing a policy statement on improving enjoyment of the countryside for disabled people. This will recognise that much can be done to make the countryside easier for people to have access to and enjoy, although the countryside cannot be made accessible to everyone, everywhere.