HC Deb 16 December 1927 vol 211 cc2662-3W
Sir A. SINCLAIR

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether in future agricultural returns he will cause the areas of deer forests and economic timber and other woodlands to be separately specified?

Sir J. GILMOUR

The acreage of deer forests, as ascertained in 1926, is given in Part I of the Agricultural Statistics for Scotland for that year, and corresponding figures will be given in future years. Woodlands were not included in the scope of the Agricultural Returns Act, 1925. I understand that the Forestry Commission is carrying out a survey of woodlands in Scotland, the results of which will be published in due course.