Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 36349

Countryside: Access

Tabled: 6 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the amount of countryside available to roam.

Answer

Mary Creagh
Our countryside and green spaces are a source of great national pride and which boost public health and wellbeing, but too many across the country are left without access to the great outdoors. That is why the last Labour Government expanded public access...
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