Defra ignores equestrians on Independent Forestry Panel
The British Horse Society today deplored Defra’s exclusion of an equestrian representative on the Independent Forestry Panel.The BHS was quick to point out in a letter to Defra Secretary of State, Caroline Spellman, the dangers posed by the proposed sales of forests to the permissive access equestrians currently enjoy in much of the public forest estate. In highlighting this issue to Government, the BHS offered to provide legal and technical input to the proposed panel. BHS Chief Executive Graham Cory said: “For a Government which proclaims its willingness to listen, the voice of the