HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 c695W
100. Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to make good the financial loss to conservation projects as a result of the withdrawal of Manpower Services Commission support for such conservation projects.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

We are monitoring the position closely and will consider whether further action would be appropriate. The Training Agency has set up a working party with the Countryside Commission and representatives of voluntary bodies to consider whether more might be done to ensure that ET is used to the fullest extent possible in the countryside.

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