National parks and access to the countryside. A bill [as amended by Standing Committee A] to make provision for national parks and the establishment of a National Parks Commission; to confer on the nature conservancy and local authorities powers for the establishment and maintenance of nature reserves; to make further provision for the recording, creation, maintenance and improvement of public paths and for securing access to open country, and to amend the law relating to rights of way; to confer further powers for preserving and enhancing natural beauty; and for matters connected with the purposes aforesaid [electronic resource].