§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which forests have been sold by the Forestry Commission in each of the last five years; to whom they were sold; for how much they were sold; and to what use they were put after sale.
§ Sir Hector MonroLists giving details of the areas of forest land sold by the Forestry Commission from the start of the disposals programme in July 1981 to December 1992 are held in the Library of the House. The lists provide the name of the purchaser and the price paid where the purchaser has agreed that this information can be made public. The Commission is compiling a list of the areas sold in 1993 and a copy will be placed in the Library shortly. The Commission does not maintain records of the subsequent use of the woodlands it sells. However, woodlands cannot normally be converted to another use without planning permission.