§ Mr. Home Robertsonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his policy towards the imposition of conditions on the granting of relief for private afforestation in the light of the proposals on the subject in the Nature Conservancy Council document, "Nature Conservation and Afforestation in Britain".
§ Mr. Norman LamontThe tax treatment of forestry does not distinguish between planting schemes on environmental, social or other grounds. The existing tax arrangements are of long standing and I have no plans at present to change them.