§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many special protection areas and Ramsar sites there are in Wales; and what assessment he has made of the number of such sites which are threatened by developments associated with(a) industry, (b) recreation, (c) tourism, (d) roads, (e) minerals and (f) agricultural reclamation and flood prevention.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsIn Wales there are eight special protection areas—SPAs—designated under the EC birds directive and six sites designated under the convention on wetlands of international importance, the Ramsar420W convention. These figures include two sites which are both SPAs and Ramsar sites, one of which is also a cross-border site with England. I am not aware of any developments which would be in danger of destroying the value of any of these sites.