§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on how many occasions in each of the last four years fish farming applications to the Crown Estate have been referred to the independent advisory committee.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 28 February 1994]: In the last four years two applications to the Crown Estate have been referred to the Fish Farming Advisory Committee, one in 1990 and one in 1991.
§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will name the present members of the independent advisory committee established to assist the Crown Estate in dealing with fish farming applications which give rise to special difficulties.
§ Mr. Lang[holding answer 28 February 1994]: The present members of the Fish Farming Advisory Committee are:
- Chairman:
- Professor George Dunnet
- Deputy Chairman:
- Mr. Alan McMillan
- Other Members—Representatives of:
- Scottish Office Agriculture and Fisheries Department
- Highlands and Islands Enterprise
- Scottish Natural Heritage
- Highland River Purification Board
- Clyde River Purification Board
- Argyll and Bute District Council
- Highland Regional Council
- Western Isles Islands Council
- Orkney Islands Council