Typical Labour policy, just like the CROW act
"What's yours is mine and what's mine is my own"
just because something is beautiful,it doesn't mean we can share it, and I'm not referring to the old badger in the picture,The countryside is not a playground
My Labour party card went back last month

Morgan, Buckfastleigh, England

Is great that the majority, rather than just the rich minority, will be able to share the coastline and enjoy it to its full.

Will be interesting to see how the issue is dealt where big industrial complexes and military bases still exist along our coast

Rob, B'ham, UK

So right, if a man declines to care about my innate freedom for unhindered access to the sea and all the coastline of these isles, my home, I am expected to applaud his right to selfish privileged?

Michael Bird, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex

What about the large industries that have set themselves up alongside our coastline? I don't think the likes of Shell and Liverpool Airport are going to be happy with troops of walkers merrily strolling through there complexes!

Peter , Appleton, Chesire,

This just makes me sick. If the Government want to grant rights to the general public to access public land they should pay the full loss to the landowner. Just imagine what allowing access to the the general mob brings with it in terms of criminal damage and other intrusions.

Ron, Sussex,

OK as long as they open up Downing Street and let us all stroll about the grounds at Chequers. But who's going to pick up all the litter?

Frank Upton, Solihull,

Great idea and let's open up all the foreshore between high and low water to the public.
Why don't we have an annual property tax on all residential properties sitting on plots greater than 1 acre to pay for it ?

Peter Hooper, Windsor, UK

Another example of the insanity of Labour. As a keen walker I have thousands of miles of footpaths to choose from, and many hundreds of miles of coast are already accessible. No one needs to walk around the whole coast, and if youdo want to see it, get in a canoe!. Private propery is sacrosanct

mango, Worcester,

Easy solution.

If you use even 1 penny of public money to maintain and/or improve ANY of your land then it should have public access.

If no public money is used then it is private, with no public access.

David Kinsley, Derby, UK

Stereotypical toffs in big houses are used to gain support from the woolly thinking mob & get it nodded through. Later, Fred & Doris will have yobs demanding access to their patio with the full support of the law. It will happen. The "Terror Laws" have mostly been used to intimidate honest people.

Ray, Birmingham,

FIne open it allup including all those gardens in the city I'd like to be able to go into gardens in the city pull down all the walls so that I have free access. That sounds fair even if I didn't have to pay for it. Oh and by the way the way that also means no dogs can be kept in said gardens.

Aoife, Ireland,

What if you lived 1/2 mile from the coast and then 20 years later, through erosion, you found yourself on the coast.
Would your garden then be a public footpath?

Phill, The Wirral, England

That a government body can even think about randomly cutting a path through someone´s private garden is only further evidence of how completely disconnected they are from reality.
Or how completely disconnected I am!

Ken Hensley, agost, Spain

While Cameron makes admirable attempts to bring the Conservatives kicking and screaming towards the centre where a reasonable person might vote for them, idiot old-school toffs like this set the cause back another 5 years -"get orff my land!": you couldn't make it up if you tried

Joseph H, Madrid,

So how would the ramblers feel if we all walked through their house. Private is private. It doesn't belong to you. Live with it. Go look at the views elsewhere.

B Brodie, Newcastle,

So it might reduce the value of a 3 million pound home? Rather like the thousands of folks who find the local council has allowed new homes facing right into their own. No support there though over removal of privacy and loss of value - just tough luck.

B Redfern, Zdole, Slovenia

At least New Labour gets something right. You'll forgive me for not feeling too sympathetic to Alistair Dixon, who's biggest concern seems to be that his property investment might take a knock (although where he got 20% from is anyone’s guess). His canine vegetable phobia is equally baffling

Daniel Munro, London, UK

A cold and callous disregard for the fate of the cauliflower. What is it with Government - anything green and they want to do away with it!

Des, Edinburgh,

Open it all up we have waited long enough

Guy, Conwy,