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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to pass a bill equivalent to 'The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003' for the rest of the UK. More details

Submitted by Chris McSweeny – Deadline to sign up by: 12 June 2007 – Signatures: 237

Petition update, 03 July 2007

You recently signed a petition asking the Prime Minister to "pass a bill equivalent to 'The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003' for the rest of the UK."

The Prime Minister's Office has responded to that petition and you can view it here:

http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page12254.asp

Prime Minister's Office

More details from petition creator

The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 establishes a statutory right of responsible access to land and inland waters for outdoor recreation, crossing land, and some educational and commercial purposes. However in England and Wales access law is far more restrictive and archaic, severely restricting access to land for many users such as cyclists and more particularly access to inland waters for canoeists. This situation is almost unique in Europe and indeed the rest of the world - in most other countries free access is allowed to tracks and inland waterways for all non-motorised users. Indeed such a policy even exists in one part of the UK. We call for the sensible access arrangement in Scotland to apply to the rest of the UK.

Current signatories

Chris McSweeny, the Petition Creator, joined by:

  • c.mcgreevy
  • Stephen Cairns
  • Neil Clee
  • Mark Holt
  • Carl Abrams
  • Andrew Whitworth
  • David Roberts
  • John Jackson
  • Darren pugh
  • Christopher Newell
  • Richard Lewis Thomas
  • John O'Toole
  • Andrew Fergus Wilson
  • Kieran Dix
  • Colin Cadden
  • Russell Simpson
  • m. english
  • Mr. Jef Kent
  • Sean Mayes
  • Deeble Tonkin
  • Adrian Ward
  • Aidan Harding
  • Mark Watton
  • robert koppenhol
  • Andy Carter
  • M Peart
  • John Lavelle
  • J. Cartwright
  • Martin Whitmarsh
  • Adam Fuller
  • Samuel Parkinson
  • Richard Roworth
  • Keith Gibson
  • Anthony Morland
  • Mark Adams
  • Ashley Whelan
  • Martin O'loughlin
  • Barnaby Tompkins
  • Alex Halliday
  • nik middleton
  • Simon Grace
  • Tom Downes
  • Anthony LeMoignan
  • Jamie Talbot
  • jim barrow
  • chris gooderham
  • Peter Andrews
  • Peter Riley
  • Michael Barlow
  • ian hardie
  • Pete Rathbone
  • Paul Marshall
  • Adrian Garside
  • Richard Beeby
  • Richard Lawson
  • Tim Hayter
  • Paul Lyons
  • Alan Dow
  • David Mason
  • alastair fullwood
  • O Randles
  • Rob Sutherland
  • duncan o'reilly
  • Gary Foulger
  • David Lacy
  • Phil Himsworth
  • P Hudson
  • Dave Dibble
  • simon auger
  • m nicolson
  • Stephen Prest
  • John Phillimore
  • Owen Fackrell
  • Donald Nicolson
  • simon trenhom
  • Geoff Cox
  • Dave Palmer
  • Alan E. White
  • Mark Fishwick
  • Ian Munro
  • Paul Colling
  • kenton sargeant
  • dominic white
  • Jonathan Taylor
  • Boris Davingoff
  • Sheldon
  • Nick Ash
  • Mark Howlett
  • Colin Armstrong
  • Matthew Wagster
  • Paul Testa
  • Stuart Crann
  • Michael Thomas
  • Frazer Stirling
  • david lloyd
  • Simon Massey
  • ian nutt
  • Darren Skeet
  • David Forey
  • Richard Gill
  • steve watts
  • Allan O'Leary
  • James Mead
  • Natalia J Davis
  • D Page
  • Susie Watkins
  • Ruth Luckhurst
  • steven williams
  • hamish dunn
  • Liane Southam
  • Gary Leishman
  • David Allsopp
  • Leanne Leishman
  • Janice Lightly
  • Mark Davis
  • Tim Darbyshire
  • Thomas Wood
  • Simon Hawthorne
  • Paul Sheppard
  • Neil Wills
  • Gary Peet
  • Stuart Lawson
  • Michael Kean
  • Keith Davies
  • simon legg
  • Andrew Royle
  • R.A.Frampton
  • Dan Smith
  • W Johnson
  • Duane Walker
  • Mark Johnstone
  • tim hampson
  • Tracie Wilson
  • Paul Lapworth
  • Iain Pendry
  • Jennie Miller
  • Dave Edwards
  • Ben Chapman
  • Anthony Morley
  • Chris Barritt
  • Robert Thomas Beale
  • Neil Farmer
  • Iain Robinson
  • Stephen Cooper
  • Louise Coleman
  • Howard Neale
  • Richard Andrews
  • Rob Moffatt
  • Peter Brown
  • Lynne Howarth
  • Ray Latham
  • Stuart Miller
  • Alan Lilley
  • Dominic Clarke
  • Simon Khan
  • Chris Griffiths
  • Symon Rowland
  • Steve Rayner
  • L Dale
  • matt rodgers
  • Steven Land
  • Jacqueline Raymond
  • Richard Sandom
  • Geraldine Burgess
  • Daryl Toogood
  • Dr Kath Curtis Hayward
  • Bernard Moore
  • Maureen Moore
  • Stew Moffatt
  • Stephen Harrop
  • Dylan Baker
  • Ian Sutherland
  • Philip Richardson
  • Mark Thomas
  • Brian Carter
  • Jeremy Oldroyd
  • Anne Polet
  • Michael Jenningsgs
  • Dave Perkin
  • Martyn Read
  • gareth rhodes
  • Geoff Bell
  • b spoons
  • chris rees
  • Judith Thomas
  • Dave Sutcliffe
  • Neil Gilbert
  • James Pullen
  • Christopher Gooch
  • Jonas Hjerpe
  • Nicola Vincent
  • Samuel Whittlesea
  • Martin Harrison
  • Peter Griffiths
  • Mark Rhodes
  • David T. Wood
  • Ed Denwood
  • Tim Seely
  • Shane Logan
  • tony rudall
  • Berry Profit
  • Ray Gullen
  • Katherine Sibley
  • mike bradley
  • Philip Brown
  • martin brewster
  • Neil Cain
  • Stuart Nicol
  • John Ward
  • Bernard Carey
  • Suzanne Brown
  • Graham Neale
  • Christopher Harris
  • john jardine
  • Martin Powell
  • Joanne Cawkwell
  • L Petts
  • Glen Scott
  • Robert Rennard
  • Sue Jardine
  • Pete Dalton
  • Duncan MacLeod
  • Andrew Knight
  • Peter Sheath
  • Iain Porter
  • Mark Taylor
  • Ashley Saunby
  • haydn john latham
  • Matthew Bate
  • John Bumpus
  • Andrew Leach
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  • Stuart Leather

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