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(asked on 21st February 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of replicating the provisions of Scotland’s wild camping laws in English law.


Answered by
Rebecca Pow Portrait
Rebecca Pow
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 2nd March 2020

We are considering a range of options for promoting access to the countryside to meet the ‘connecting people with nature’ goals of the 25 Year Environment Plan. There are no current plans or assessments underway to legislate for wild camping in England, including replicating Scottish camping laws.

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