§ Mr. Cormackasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many areas of outstanding natural beauty have now been designated; and if he will list them under county headings.
§ Mr. Denis HowellThirty-three areas of outstanding natural beauty have now been designated. These are as follows:
County and Area of outstanding Natural Beauty
Avon—Cotswolds (part)
Mendip Hills (part)
Bedfordshire—Chilterns (part)
Berkshire—North Wessex Downs (part)
Buckinghamshire—Chilterns (part)
Cornwall—Cornwall
Cumbria—Arnside and Silverdale (part) Solway Coast
Devon—East Devon
North Devon
South Devon
Dorset—Dorset
East Sussex—Sussex Downs (part)
Essex—Dedham Vale (part)
Gloucestershire—Cotswolds (part)
Malvern Hills (part)
Wye Valley (part)
Gwent—Wye Valley (part)
Gwynedd—Anglesey
Lleyn
Hampshire—Chichester Harbour (part)
East Hampshire
North Wessex Downs (part)
South Hampshire Coast
Hereford and Worcester—Cotswolds (part)
Malvern Hills (part)
Wye Valley (part)
Hertfordshire—Chilterns (part)
Humberside—Lincolnshire Wolds (part)
Isle of Wight—Isle of Wight
Isles of Scilly—Isles of Scilly
Kent—Kent Downs
Lancashire—Arnside and Silverdale (part)
Forest of Bowland (part)
Lincolnshire—Lincolnshire Wolds (part)
482WNorfolk—Norfolk Coast
North Yorkshire—Forest of Bowland (part)
Northumberland—Northumberland Coast
Oxfordshire—Chilterns (part)
Cotswolds (part)
North Wessex Downs (part)
Salop—Shropshire Hills
Somerset—Mendip Hills (part)
Quantock Hills
Staffordshire—Cannock Chase
Suffolk—Dedham Vale (part)
Suffolk Coast and Heaths
Surrey—Surrey Hills
West Glamorgan—Gower
West Sussex—Chichester Harbour (part)
Sussex Downs (part)
Wiltshire—Cotswolds (part)
North Wessex Downs (part).