Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the timetable is for his Department to consider the application of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to become a National Park.
Natural England is the statutory body that considers cases for national park and area of outstanding natural beauty designations. Natural England has not received a formal request to consider the case for the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to become a national park.