§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list(a) the sites of undisturbed raised peat bog in England, (b) the total hectarage of such sites, (c) the proportion designated sites of special scientific interest and (d) the proportion of those designated sites in the ownership of peat digging companies.
§ Mr. BaldryThe information requested is to be included in the national peatlands resource inventory currently being researched by the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland. Further detailed research is to take place over the coming months. I will arrange for a copy of the report to be placed in the Library when it is published.