§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment (1) how much money the Nature Conservancy Council has spent on(a) grant-aiding voluntary conservation bodies land purchases, (b) Nature Conservancy Council's own land purchases, in each of the last five years at 1989 prices; and if he will also express this as a percentage of Nature Conservancy Council total budget;
(2) if he will report on progress in meeting the Government's obligations under the Ramsar convention and article 4 of the EC birds directive 79/409; how these international obligations will be administered in future; which proposed new SPAs he is considering; and when these will be declared.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyI will write to the hon. Member.