HC Deb 26 July 1989 vol 157 cc727-8W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has issued advice to British Rail about the timing of hedgerow cutting along railway lines to prevent the killing of hedgerow birds; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Portillo

No. These are management matters for British Rail, which has its own code of practice on railway linesides.