HC Deb 18 November 1998 vol 319 cc671-2W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he plans to publish his responses to the Government's consultation process on access to the countryside before the Christmas adjournment. [60170]

Mr. Meacher

We are considering carefully responses to our consultation paper,Access to the Open Countryside in England and Wales. We intend to publish my Department's analysis of responses and to announce our conclusions as soon as possible. I cannot say, at this stage, whether this will be before the Christmas adjournment.