§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what proposals he has to designate as a special protection area under the 1979 EEC wild birds directive the inter-tidal mudflats on the Welsh side of the Severn estuary so far proposed for designation; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Nicholas BennettI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply given to him on Thursday 25 April by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment.
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