Countryside and Rights of Way Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 12:15 am on 27 September 2000.

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Photo of Lord Marlesford Lord Marlesford Conservative 12:15, 27 September 2000

My concern is that the Government have the emphasis wrong. Instead of making clear the land for which the presumption is that it should not be available for access, the Government are providing for the mapping of a great deal of land and then making exceptions. That will cause unnecessary problems with the rural community. It will increase the suspicion of rural people that the Government do not understand their problems. That is the warning I give the Minister.