HC Deb 31 March 1988 vol 130 c643W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library a copy of the Forestry Commission's mapped assessment of the suitability of land in the flow country of Caithness and Sutherland for afforestation.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

I assume that the hon. Member is referring to one of a set of indicative overlays prepared by the Forestry Commission for use by a working group of officials. It related to technical plantability only and did not show the major constraints on planting, such as the need to protect areas of high conservation value.

I will arrange for a map, prepared from that overlay, to be placed in the Library of the House.

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