Clause 61 - Restriction on creation of new public rights of way

Part of Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:45 am on 30 June 2005.

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Photo of James Paice James Paice Shadow Minister (Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) 9:45, 30 June 2005

I am, I suspect, in sympathy with the hon. Gentleman’s point but I am slightly puzzled as to why he is making it now. Clause 61 is about the future, and it precisely addresses his concerns. Clause 62—to which I have tabled amendments about commencement, which we shall debate at a later stage—deals with the point that he is making about the scouring of maps that is being done before the Bill is enacted.