HC Deb 15 December 1988 vol 143 c669W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide details of any projections for the employment potential of forestry in rural areas in Wales.

Mr. Peter Walker

By the turn of the century, forestry and the wood-processing industries could be providing directly some 9,000 jobs in Wales, most of them in rural areas.

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