HC Deb 21 December 1983 vol 51 c224W
Sir Peter Mills

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, if land or forest prices fall, the Forestry Commission proposes to sell more land to meet the £82 million target Her Majesty's Government require from the Forestry Commission.

Mrs. Fenner

The Forestry Commission's disposals programme is set in financial rather than area terms, and it is for the forestry commissioners to select properties for sale to meet that programme taking account of the guidelines provided by Forestry Ministers. The Commission does not sell land or plantations below a price that represents their value to them for forestry purposes.