HC Deb 21 February 2000 vol 344 c707W
Mr. Llew Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what assessment he has made of the objection of (a) the RSPB and (b) other environmental groups to police advice to local authorities to cut back undergrowth alongside paths crossing roughland for public safety reasons. [110647]

Mr. Mullin

I am not aware that my Department has received any such objections but we would always seek to balance environmental considerations with those of public safety.