§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions Defence Estates has had with(a) the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust and (b) the Hampshire Wildlife Trust about the future of the Dean Hill site of special scientific interest. [137462]
§ Mr. CaplinEnglish Nature have nominated the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust as a potential purchaser of land of high conservation value, including that part of Defence Munitions Dean Hill, which falls within the Brickworth Down and Dean Hill SSSI. Ministry of Defence officials have therefore had preliminary discussions with it and not with the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust.