Dedicated Woodlands (Management Grant)

HC Deb 20 July 1959 vol 609 c84W

80. Lord

Balniel asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the new management grant for dedicated woodlands will be introduced.

Mr. John Hare

The introduction of this grant was made contingent on the formation of an effective association of private woodland owners. Satisfactory proposals to this end having now been put forward, I am very glad to say that payment of the management grant, in place of the maintenance grant, will begin forthwith. At the same time the planting grant for approved woodlands will be raised to the same level as that for dedicated estates.

In announcing this, I would like to pay tribute to the hard work of the existing owners' organisations and of their officers in working out the new proposals, and to wish the new association every success.