Part of 2. Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for European Transition (in respect of his law officer responsibilities) – in the Senedd at 2:42 pm on 20 October 2020.
I thank the Member for that important question. As she will know, as part of the access reform advisory group work stream, which my colleague has established, there are three expert working groups that represent a range of stakeholders in relation to the management of land, and those groups are, and will continue, examining the legal and financial ramifications of some of the proposals that we have been considering. The intention is to receive a report from that group, which looks at these matters in the round, by March of next year. But the UK Government's legislation provides for the introduction of more flexibility, if you like, for landowners in relation to the question of diversion or indeed extinguishment of some rights of way, and we in the Welsh Government are looking at similar proposals for reform as part of our current work stream.