§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the names and areas of land for which instalments of forestry grant aid have been paid in Sutherland and Caithness since 1 April 1981.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThis information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will instruct the Forestry Commission to publish details in future in its annual report of(a) the area of land approved for forestry gant aid and (b) the area of planting for which grants were paid for (i) conifers, (ii) mixed woodlands and (iii) pure broadleaves in each of the Forestry Commission's conservancies in that year.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonI shall ask the forestry commissioners to consider whether more detailed information on private planting might reasonably be provided in their annual reports.