HL Deb 09 January 1996 vol 568 cc7-8WA
Lord Brougham and Vaux

asked Her Majesty's Government:

When they will be sending further candidate Special Areas of Conservation to the European Commission under the EC Habitats Directive.

Earl Ferrers

As indicated in my right honourable friend the Secretary of State's written reply to my honourable friend the Member for Taunton on 20 June 1995, a second list of candidate Special Areas of Conservation would be sent to the European Commission once points raised in the public consultation launched on 31 March had been considered and satisfactorily resolved. That list, which consists of 75 sites, including a first tranche of 10 marine sites, was sent to the Commission on 8 January.

Further sites will be forwarded to the Commission when the remaining points raised during consultation have been fully considered. Particular attention is being given to addressing general concerns raised by consultees about the possible designation of marine sites.

The list of sites sent to the Commission is as follows:

Asby Complex England
Avon Gorge Woodland England
Bath and Bradford on Avon Bats England
Braunton Burrows England
Breckland England
Burry Inlet: Saltmarsh and Estuary/Cilfach Burry: Cors hell ac Aber Wales
Cardigan Bay/Bae Ceredigion Wales
Carn nan Tri-Tighearnan Scotland
Clyde Valley Woods Scotland
Coll Machair Scotland
Conon Islands Scotland
Cotswold Beechwoods England
Dartmoor England
Dornoch Firth and Morrich More Scotland
Downton Gorge England
Drigg Coast England
Duddon Mosses England
Dungeness England
Dunkeld—Blairgowrie Lochs Scotland
Ensor's Pool England
Epping Forest England
Fenn's, Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney
Mosses England/Wales
Flamborough Head England
Flow Country Scotland
Foinaven Scotland
Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment England
Fontmell and Melbury Downs England
Gower Commmons/Tiroedd Comin Gwyr Wales
Isles of Scilly Complex England
Lleyn Peninsula and Sarnau/Pen Llyn a'r Sarnau Wales
Loch Etive Woods Scotland
Loch Lomond Woods Scotland
Loch Maree Complex Scotland
Lower Derwent Valley England
Lundy England
Magilligan N. Ireland
Mells Valley England
Moine Mohr Scotland
Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment England
Moor House—Upper Teasdale England
Morecambe Bay Pavements England
Murlough N. Ireland
North Meadow and Clattinger Farm England
North Norfolk Coast and Gibraltar Point Dunes England
Orfordness— Shingle Street England
Ouse Washes England
Peak District Dales England
Penhale Dunes England
Rannoch Moor Scotland
Rhidorroch Woods Scotland
Rodborough Common England
Ronas Hill— North Roe Scotland
Roudsea Wood and Mosses England
Roydon Common and Dersingham Bog England
Salisbury Plain England
Sandwich Bay England
Sefton Coast England
Sidmouth to West Bay England
South Dartmoor Woods England
South Hams England
St. Alban's Head to Durlston Head England
Strangford Lough N. Ireland
Strathglass Complex Scotland
Studland Dunes England
The Broads England
The Lizard England
Thursley England
Tintagel—Marsland—Clovelly Coast England
Tiree Machair Scotland
Torrs Warren—Luce Sands Scotland
Waveney and Little Ouse Valley Fens England
Winterton—Horsey Dunes England
Wormley Hoddesdonpark Woods England
Wye Valley Woodlands/Coetiroedd Dyffryn Gwy England/Wales
Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat Sites/Safloedd Ystlumod Dyffryn Gwy a Fforest Ddena England/Wales