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Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

Answer

Mr. Tredinnick: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reason parliamentarians are not included in the Schedule on page 27 of the Access to the Countryside (Provisional and Conclusive Maps) (England) Regulations 2002 (S1 1710); and if she will make a statement. [73415] Alun Michael: The Regulations provide for provisional reduced scale maps to be made widely available for inspection, both in the locality to which they relate, and on the internet, at www.countryside.gov.uk/access/mapping. They will also to be sent to a similar range of organisations as receive draft maps, including land manager and user representative bodies, as well as parish councils and local access forums. The maps are costly to produce and bulky to store: in view of their availability on the internet and in Members' constituencies, I believe it would be unwelcome and unnecessary to supply paper copies to all Members. However, the Countryside Agency has agreed to supply reduced scale draft, provisional or conclusive maps showing Members' constituencies to any Member on request.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

73415; 390 c909W;390 c929W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Access Constituencies Countryside Common land Members Maps Rights of way

Legislation

Access to the Countryside (Provisional and Conclusive Maps) (England) Regulations 2002

Link

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