Nature Conservancy

HC Deb 21 March 1973 vol 853 cc130-1W

Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress is being made with the restructuring of the Nature Conservancy.

Mrs. Thatcher

A Bill to set up a new Nature Conservancy Council was introduced in another place on 14th March.

Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make available the report of Mr. R. N. Heaton to the staff of the Nature Conservancy.

Mrs. Thatcher

No. Mr. Heaton's report was internal managerial advice, but consultation papers setting out the Government's proposals in the light of Mr. Heaton's recommendations have already been sent to the staff interests concerned.

Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if she will make available the report of the visiting group under the Chairman of the National Environmental Research Council, which visited all Nature Conservancy stations, to the staff of the conservancy.

Mrs. Thatcher

This visiting group was appointed by the Natural Environment Research Council as a matter of internal management, and its findings will be confidential to the council.