HC Deb 24 February 1992 vol 204 c411W
Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what consultation he has had with English Heritage over the arrangement between English Nature and Fisons plc on peat extraction on Thorne moor, Yorkshire.

Mr. Trippier

[holding answer 20 February 1992]None. Such consultations are a matter for English Nature to undertake as they consider necessary. I am advised that discussions with English Heritage on the future management of the Thorne conservation area will now take place.

Mrs. Ann Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to review the regulations concerning sites of special scientific interest in the light of the arrangements between English Nature and Fisons plc on peat extraction on Thorne moor, Yorkshire.

Mr. Trippier

[holding answer 20 February 1992]: None. I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment to my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton (Mr. Nicholson) on 12 February 1992, Official Report, column 506.