Rights of Way
This note covers rights of way issues in England and Wales, including how they are recorded and how their records can be modified. It explains how they can be used and responsibilities for maintaining them.

This pack has been compiled ahead of the debate on the use of neonicotinoids on crops: in Westminster Hall on Monday 7 November 2015 at 4.30pm. The subject of this debate has been chosen by the Petitions Committee and will consider e-Petition 104796: Don't kill our bees! Immediately halt the use of Neonicotinoids on crops
Debate on an e-petition on bees and neonicotinoids (6 MB , PDF)
Parliament will debate e-petition 104796 on 7 December 2015. The petition calls for a halt on the use of neonicotinoids due to their harm to bees and has 90,095 signatures to-date.
This debate pack note provides a quick overview of key developments and background for easy reference.
House of Commons Library briefing paper, Bees and Neonicotinoids, December 2015 provides background to this long-running issue from the introduction of the EU Commission’s restrictions on certain neonicotinoids to current reactions to the UK’s time-limited emergency authorisation of neonicotinoid seed treatments for oil seed rape in four English counties.
Overview
[1] European Commission Press Release, Bees and Pesticides: Commission to proceed with plan to better protect bees, 29 April 2013
Debate on an e-petition on bees and neonicotinoids (6 MB , PDF)
This note covers rights of way issues in England and Wales, including how they are recorded and how their records can be modified. It explains how they can be used and responsibilities for maintaining them.
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