§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list all Forestry Commission woods currently for sale in Wales; and if he will make a statement on the targets for the disposal of land by(a) area and (b) projected income. [40672]
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesI refer the hon. Member to the reply which my hon. Friend the Under Secretary of State for Scotland gave the hon. Member for Sherwood (Mr. Tipping) on 25 October at columns685–87. As set out in the Government's expenditure plans 1995–96 to 1997–98, the Forestry Commission plans to sell about 15,000 hectares of forest land in each of the next three years, and expects to receive about £60 million from the sale of 297W forest land and surplus properties during that period. The Commission expects about 15 per cent. of these sales to be in Wales.