To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when guidance was last issued to local authorities on the use of traffic regulation orders to counter unauthorised motorised vehicles on bridleways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when guidance was last issued to local authorities on the use of traffic regulation orders to counter unauthorised motorised vehicles on bridleways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to enable farmers to move footpaths which are adversely affecting farming.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to enable farmers to move footpaths which are adversely affecting farming.

Draft SI on restricted byways (application and consequential amendment of provisions) (SI 2006/1177). Considered by Standing Committee. Minutes of proceedings at UP 7 2005-06.

Draft SI on restricted byways (application and consequential amendment of provisions) (SI 2006/1177). Considered by Standing Committee. Minutes of proceedings at UP 7 2005-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what average length of time local authorities in England took to make rights of way modification orders in 2004–05; how many orders (a) Gloucestershire, (b) Herefordshire and (c) Worcestershire have outstanding; and what percentage of orders were successful.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what average length of time local authorities in England took to make rights of way modification orders in 2004–05; how many orders (a) Gloucestershire, (b) Herefordshire and (c) Worcestershire have outstanding; and what percentage of orders were successful.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many claims for a right of way for mechanically propelled vehicles on byways were outstanding on (a) 19 December 2003 and (b) 19 May 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many claims for a right of way for mechanically propelled vehicles on byways were outstanding on (a) 19 December 2003 and (b) 19 May 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for footpath closure orders have been made in each metropolitan district in the county of Greater Manchester under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 since the act came into force; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications for footpath closure orders have been made in each metropolitan district in the county of Greater Manchester under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 since the act came into force; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what mileage of new (a) byways and (b) bridleways have been created since the enactment of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what mileage of new (a) byways and (b) bridleways have been created since the enactment of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under section 131(2) of the Highways Act 1980, including that provision as applied by section 27(6) of the Countryside Act.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under section 131(2) of the Highways Act 1980, including that provision as applied by section 27(6) of the Countryside Act.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many prosecutions were brought by National Parks Authority in each year since 1995;

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many prosecutions were brought by National Parks Authority in each year since 1995;

(2) how many prosecutions have been brought by National Parks against landowners for impeding access to footpaths in the last 10 years.

(2) how many prosecutions have been brought by National Parks against landowners for impeding access to footpaths in the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what powers national parks have to (a) investigate and (b) prosecute landowners for impeding access to footpaths; and what the legislative basis is for these powers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what powers national parks have to (a) investigate and (b) prosecute landowners for impeding access to footpaths; and what the legislative basis is for these powers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) byways and (b) bridleways have been added to the definitive map in England and Wales since the enactment of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 as a result of (i) a statement of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) byways and (b) bridleways have been added to the definitive map in England and Wales since the enactment of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 as a result of (i) a statement of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many claims have been lodged with the surveying authorities in England since the inception of the Discovering Lost Ways Project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many claims have been lodged with the surveying authorities in England since the inception of the Discovering Lost Ways Project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate was made by the Countryside Agency, at the time of setting up the Discovering Lost Ways Project, of the distance in kilometres of (a) footpath, (b) bridleway and (c) byway open to all traffic which would...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate was made by the Countryside Agency, at the time of setting up the Discovering Lost Ways Project, of the distance in kilometres of (a) footpath, (b) bridleway and (c) byway open to all traffic which would...

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on mail deliveries to Ardmore Peninsula, Sutherland

Westminster Hall adjournment debate on mail deliveries to Ardmore Peninsula, Sutherland

: I am tempted to begin by saying that we must stop meeting like this, Miss Widdecombe. I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship and all the more so because I know of your keen interest in the rural post service. I congratulate the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland...

: I am tempted to begin by saying that we must stop meeting like this, Miss Widdecombe. I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship and all the more so because I know of your keen interest in the rural post service. I congratulate the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland...

I am grateful to have this opportunity to raise the vital issue for my constituents on the Ardmore peninsula of mail deliveries, the cessation of which threatens the very existence of that small and vibrant community. Perhaps it would be helpful if I were to explain where the Ardmore peninsula...

I am grateful to have this opportunity to raise the vital issue for my constituents on the Ardmore peninsula of mail deliveries, the cessation of which threatens the very existence of that small and vibrant community. Perhaps it would be helpful if I were to explain where the Ardmore peninsula...

: I take the hon. Gentleman's point. I was simply stating the conditions under which the 15-minute rule applies, while making the point that the 15-minute rule was designated by Postcomm, rather than by the Royal Mail as he implied. If the track is public—he has told the House that...

: I take the hon. Gentleman's point. I was simply stating the conditions under which the 15-minute rule applies, while making the point that the 15-minute rule was designated by Postcomm, rather than by the Royal Mail as he implied. If the track is public—he has told the House that...

: I shall talk about the 15-minute rule in a moment. First, let me respond by changing things around slightly. Postcomm, not the Royal Mail, designated the 15-minute rule and decided that there should be no limit on the additional road distance travelled by a postal delivery vehicle to reach...

: I shall talk about the 15-minute rule in a moment. First, let me respond by changing things around slightly. Postcomm, not the Royal Mail, designated the 15-minute rule and decided that there should be no limit on the additional road distance travelled by a postal delivery vehicle to reach...

: My point is that the road is a public road. Until 20 years ago, the post was delivered by bicycle along the track. It is not quite up to bicycling standards now, but it is certainly up to walking standards.

: My point is that the road is a public road. Until 20 years ago, the post was delivered by bicycle along the track. It is not quite up to bicycling standards now, but it is certainly up to walking standards.