§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, of the 17 projects approved for grant under the Mineral Exploration and Investment Grants Act 1972 in national parks, if he will identify the principal mineral sought in every project and the national park involved in every case.
§ Mr. Anthony GrantThe information is given in the following table. Work has been discontinued on 11 projects. The bracketed figures in the first column show the six projects which are still active.
Number of Project Principal Minerals Sought National Park 2 (1) Copper Snowdonia 8 (1) Copper, Lead, Zinc Snowdonia 1 Lead, Zinc Snowdonia 2 (1) Fluorspar Peak District 1 (1) Molybdenite, Copper, Nickel. Lake District 1 (1) Lead, Zinc Lake District 1 (1) Wolfram Dartmoor 1 Copper, Lead, Zinc Exmoor