§ Lord Sandfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they are in a position to announce the designation of further Environmentally Sensitive Areas in Scotland.
§ The Minister of State, Scottish Office (Lord Sanderson of Bowden)Three further Environmentally Sensitive Areas will now be designated in Scotland: the Machair Lands of the Uists and Benbecula; the Whitlaw/Eildon areas of the Borders Region and the Loch Ken/River Dee Valley in the Stewartry District of Dumfries and Galloway. Further consultations will be held with interested bodies in each of those areas before the designating orders are made.