HC Deb 05 November 1971 vol 825 cc21-2W
Mr. Adley

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT those county councils, county borough councils and borough councils which have been invited by the Forestry Commission to take powers under the Plant Health Act, 1967, to give financial assistance to householders with infected elm trees.

Mr. Anthony Stodart

The following local authorities were originally invited to take these powers (which do not how- ever include financial assistance to house-holders):

County Councils
Bedfordshire. Isle of Wight.
Berkshire. Kent.
Buckinghamshire. Norfolk.
Cambridgeshire. Northamptonshire.
Devon. Oxfordshire.
East Suffolk. Somerset.
Fast Sussex. Surrey.
Essex. Warwickshire.
Gloucestershire. Wiltshire.
Hampshire. West Suffolk.
Herefordshire. West Sussex.
Hertfordshire. Worcestershire.
County Borough Councils
Bath. Luton.
Birmingham. Northampton.
Bournemouth. Norwich.
Brighton. Oxford.
Bristol. Plymouth.
Canterbury. Portsmouth.
Coventry. Reading.
Eastbourne. Solihull.
Exeter. Southampton.
Gloucester. Southend-on-Sea.
Great Yarmouth. Torbay.
Hastings. Warley.
Ipswich. Worcester.
Other Borough Councils
Aldershot. Hereford.
Banbury. Hove.
Bedford. King's Lynn.
Bexhill. All London Boroughs.
Bridgwater. Lowestoft.
Bury St. Edmunds. Maidstone.
Cambridge. Margate.
Chatham. Nuneaton.
Cheltenham. Ramsgate.
Colchester. Reigate.
Dover. Rochester.
Folkestone. Royal Leamington Spa.
Gillingham.
Gosport. Royal Tunbridge Wells.
Gravesend.
Guildford. Rugby.
Salisbury. Taunton.
Stratford-upon-Avon Warwick.
Sutton Coldfield. Winchester.
Swindon. Worthing.
In addition, a number of other eligible local authorities have expressed an interest and these will be given the appropriate powers if they decide to take them.

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