HC Deb 08 December 1999 vol 340 cc553-4W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions when he expects the mapping of open countryside in England and Wales to be completed; and if the exercise is being carried out in stages according to the nature of the terrain. [101483]

Mr. Mullin

The Countryside Agency and Countryside Council for Wales will be responsible for producing maps showing land to which the new statutory right of access will apply. They are currently undertaking preliminary work, the results of which will help determine the best approach to mapping, and enable a timetable to be established for the production of consultation maps.

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