§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he received the request from the Nature Conservancy Council for a section 29 conservation order to be applied on land within Ferry Ford farm, Staffordshire; and when he expects to sign the order.
§ Mr. Patrick Jenkin[pursuant to his reply, 3 May 1985, c. 257]: I was first formally alerted by the Nature Conservancy Council to the need for an order on 3 April. After subsequent receipt of full details of the case for an order, and the completion of essential consultations, the order was duly made on 1 May 1985.
§ Dr. Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Environment when he expects to list as a European 307W Commission birds directive special protection area and Ramsar convention site the following estuaries: (a) Morecambe Bay, (b) River Orwell, Suffolk, and (c) the Wash.
§ Mr. Patrick Jenkin[pursuant to his reply, 3 May 1985, c. 257]: The listing of sites under the EC Birds directive and the Ramsar convention is linked to the renotification programme for sites of special scientific interest, which is expected to be substantially complete by the end of 1986. The Wash has been renotified as a SSSI but it would be inappropriate to reach a decision about its listing in advance of agreement on a strategy for the area.