Question follow-through · 50666
Rights of Way: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to implement reforms for rights of way included in the Deregulation Act 2015 to provide (a) clarity and (b) certainty for land managers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 7 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 May 2025
- Answer
- 15 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
7 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he plans to implement reforms for rights of way included in the Deregulation Act 2015 to provide (a) clarity and (b) certainty for land managers.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 May 2025
Answer published
We are reviewing the rights of way reform programme alongside our policies for delivering improved access to nature for all users.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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