INFORMATION BULLETIN
Date: 28 July 2008
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Elections considered for national park and broads authorities
Ministers are seeking views on the possibility of letting people elect some members of National Park and Broads Authorities in England.
Consultation on direct elections to England’s eight National Park Authorities and Broads Authority was promised by Rural Affairs Minister Jonathan Shaw in a debate on the Broads Authority Bill on 7 May.
The consultation document is available online at: www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/np-directelections/index.htm
Deadline for comments is Friday 28 November 2008.
For further information contact DirectElectionsNPA@defra.gsi.gov.uk.
Notes to Editors
The National Parks and the Broads attract more than 92million visitors every year and are home to around 200,000 people. They cover eight per cent of England.
National Park Authorities are established under the Environment Act 1995 as independent bodies within the local government framework to manage National Parks.
For more information on their roles and membership, go to: www.defra.gov.uk/wildlife-countryside/issues/landscap/natparks/index.htm
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