§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Scotand when he will publish the findings of the Forestry Commission control experiment involving the aerial spraying of 142 hectares of land in Speyside in 1984.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe findings will be published by the Forestry Commission in a research and development volume later this year.
§ Mr. Ron Daviesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what effects were expected following the aerial spraying of 142 hectares of land in Speyside as part of a control experiment by the Forestry Commission in 1984.
§ Mr. John MacKayThere was no evidence that aerial spraying of forests with fenitrothion had any adverse effect on bird populations, but this was a control experiment and it would have been wrong to anticipate the results.