HC Deb 26 July 1989 vol 157 cc787-8W
Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list(a) instructions, (b) advice or (c) requests he has given to the Nature Conservancy Council, or other bodies, concerning the prohibition of or making agreements regarding shooting rights in environmentally sensitive areas together with the relevant dates; what advice he sought or received from bodies with relevant interests; and if he will make a statement.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

There is agreement between the Department and the NCC that traditional country rights and uses of land should be interfered with only where they are in conflict with conservation interests.