Sites of Special Scientific Interest

HC Deb 03 July 1989 vol 156 c64W

Mrs. Ray Michie

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of land within the Argyll and Bute district council area is designated as sites of special scientific interest or otherwise protected.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I have been asked to reply. The Nature Conservancy Council has advised me that 7 per cent. of land within Argyll and Bute district council area is designated SSSI or otherwise protected.