HC Deb 02 July 1985 vol 82 c90W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if any of the sites at which trees were examined for signs of acid rain damage in 1984 showed damage.

Mr. John MacKay

A proportion of the plantations surveyed in 1984 for the purpose of detecting air pollution damage revealed some degree of crown thinning: in no case, however, did such thinning appear to be due to air pollution and none of the stands showed symptoms of the type of damage ascribed to this cause in Germany. A copy of the Forestry Commission's press release reporting the results of the survey was placed in the Library of the House on 5 March 1985. A full report of the survey will be published shortly by the Forestry Commission.

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