HC Deb 04 May 1990 vol 171 c682W
Mr. Alex Carlile

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make it his policy to make the badger sett at Balgan a wildlife reserve; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Roberts

The powers under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to designate sites as national or local nature reserves lie with the Nature Conservancy Council and the local authorities respectively.

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