HC Deb 14 April 1993 vol 222 c586W
Mr. Chris Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are Her Majesty's Government's current intentions in relation to(a) the future of the Forest Enterprise wing of the Forestry Commission and (b) the future of the regulatory functions of the Forestry Commission in England, Wales and Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

Sir Hector Monro

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland to my hon. Friend the Member for Staffordshire, Moorlands, (Mr. Knox) on 30 March 1993,Official Report, column 150. We have no plans at present to change the regulatory functions of the Forestry Commission.