§ Mr. Cormackasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many miles of hedgerow have been uprooted since 1970; and what percentage this represents of the total.
§ Mr. StrangAs I told the hon. Member for Rother Valley (Mr. Hardy) on 14th July 1976—[Vol. 915, c. 2141—no complete records are available in respect of the removal of hedges. Such information as is available to me indicates that 467W the decline in the rate of hedge removal is continuing.