§ Mr. MaclennanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report the annual 114W payments by district council area made in respect of compensation agreements approved under section 30 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in 1988 and each of the preceding four years.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe Nature Conservancy Council (Scotland) has advised me that it has received no claims for compensation under section 30 of the 1981 Act in the period 1984–88. Had claims been made I would be unable to divulge details for reasons of confidentiality.