§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount of land sprayed with pesticides using aerial spraying techniques by the Forestry Commission for each of the last five years for which information is available.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe following areas were sprayed out of the Forestry Commission's total productive woodland holding of some 900,000 hectares:
Year Area (hectares) 1980 1,515 1981 249 1982 160 1983 679 1984 3,727