§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people have been moved from land near Umtali in order to make way for a wattle plantation.
§ Sir Alec Douglas-HomeI understand that a total of 831 families have been, or are to be, moved from a forest area at Stapleford (which I presume is the area the hon. Member has in mind), in order to permit an extension of pine, eucalyptus and poplar plantations. I have no precise information about the number of families stated to have already been resettled on suitable land outside the forest area, but it appears to be somewhere between a quarter and a half of the total. The numbers involved are thus rather higher than the figure mentioned in the debate on 1st December by my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General, who spoke on the basis of earlier information which has now been corrected.—[Vol. 827, c. 600.]