§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list (a) by name and hectarage and county all the ancient woodlands in the Nature Conservancy Council's ancient woodland inventory for all localities surveyed to date in Scotland and (b) wood by wood, the hectarages that have been cleared for plantations or other purposes since 1954.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThis information is not available at present. The Nature Conservancy Council is currently engaged in drawing up an inventory of ancient woodlands in Scotland, and this information will be published in due course.