Asked by: Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to publish an affirmative order to amend the law on public footpaths.
Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble
I am unable to confirm a precise date at present. The Government expects to publish an affirmative order later in the session. I would be happy to meet my Noble Friend and other interested peers to discuss progress with the whole package of reform.
Asked by: Lord Skelmersdale (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, under the provisions of the Deregulation Bill, rights of way officers have a duty to persuade objectors to a footpath deregulation order agreed by a county council to correct an error in the definitive footpath map in order to prevent an appeal to the Secretary of State.
Answered by Lord De Mauley
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member