§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will examine the scheme devised by the Peak District national park to teach unemployed youngsters countryside skills with a view to encouraging similar schemes throughout the national park system; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneI understand that the Peak park joint planning board is currently examining ways in which young people might receive training in countryside skills, but that final decisions have yet to be taken on the precise form such a scheme might take.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will consider providing additional funds to national parks for the acquisition of moorland.
§ Mr. MacfarlaneNo. Although it is for individual national park authorities to determine their own spending priorities within the overall level of resources allocated to them by my right hon. Friend, I do not expect them to seek to acquire land on any significant scale.