HC Deb 22 February 1989 vol 147 cc687-8W
47. Mr. Hardy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what action he is taking to ensure that the role of the Nature Conservancy Council is adequately sustained in those activities which have been or are to be transferred from the public to the private sector.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The NCC has statutory responsibilities for nature conservation which, for the most part, are set out in the Nature Conservancy Act 1973, and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The Government are ready to take such steps as may be necessary to ensure that the NCC is able to fulfil its responsibilities in relation to the activities of others, in both the private and public sectors.