§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards forestry in the context of importance of timber to various sectors of British industry and, particularly, to the paper and board industry.
§ Mrs. FennerThe Government's policy remains as set out in the statement made by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland on 10 December 1980.—[Vol. 995, c. 1405–17.]
§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many acres of trees were felled in England and Wales in 1980 and so far in 1981.
§ Mrs. FennerPrecise figures are available only for the Forestry Commission's plantations and by financial years. In the year ended 31 March 1981, the Commission felled 2,900 Ha (7,200 acres) in England and Wales. It is estimated that felling in private woodlands amounted to some 3,200 Ha (7,900 acres) in the same period.