Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 1069

Rights of Way

Tabled: 22 July 2024

Answered: 26 July 2024

Question

Phil Brickell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of expanding the right to roam.

Answer

Mary Creagh

The Government does not believe the Scottish or Scandinavian models are the right approach in England. The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 provides the public a right of access to areas of mountain, moor, heath, down, registered common land and coa...

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