Riders lobby MPs as forestry fight continues
11th February 2011The British Horse Society (BHS) is urging riders and carriage drivers across England to write to their MP following the debate last week in the House of Commons on the ‘Forestry Sell Off’.
The Opposition debate was MPs first chance to vote on forest sell-off plans and considered the motion: ‘that the Government's intention in the Public Bodies Bill to sell off up to 100 percent of England's public forestry estate is fundamentally unsound.’
Equestrians can find information about how their local MP voted and how to contact them via the BHS website, ww.bhs.org.uk.
Mark Weston, Director of Access, Safety and Welfare at the BHS said: “To date The British Horse Society has not received any assurance that the permissive access that equestrians enjoy in many of our public forests in England will be preserved.
“It is therefore imperative that equestrians continue to lobby their MPs to save our access for future generations of equestrians.”