Marine Special Areas of Conservation (Hansard, 30 July 1997)

HL Deb 30 July 1997 vol 582 c73WA 73WA

§ Lord Beaumont of Whitley
asked Her Majesty's Government:
When they will publish the criteria which were used to identify existing marine Special Areas of Conservation.

§ Baroness Hayman
Annex III to the Habitats Directive contains the criteria to be applied to the selection of sites. The list for consultation published in March 1995 contained an account of the way these criteria have been applied in the UK. Both documents are available in the Library. Further explanatory material will be published in due course.