§ Mr. CryerTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if his Department has made any recent study of the effects of acid rain on the stock of Christmas trees grown for use in the current year.
§ Mr. MacleanThe Forestry Commission's research into the effects of air pollution includes experimental work on the species which are most commonly used as Christmas trees. There is no evidence that acid rain has had any significant effect on Christmas trees.