§ Mr. William Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the average length of time in respect of each transaction taken for the Forestry Commissions in Wales to acquire land for planting.
§ Mr. Gibson-WattOver the last three years the average time taken to complete these transactions has been about 17 275W months. In just over half the cases in this period, the average time was less than a year.
§ Mr. William Edwardsasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many acres of land the Forestry Commission in Wales has agreed to sell during the course of the last twelve months; and how many acres has it transferred to new uses during this period.
§ Mr. Peter ThomasIn the year ended 31st March, 1972, the Forestry Commission sold 700 acres of land now required for forestry. In the same period they carried out 4,500 acres of new planting, mainly on land formerly used for agricul-276W ture or rough grazing. This was the only significant change of use during the period.