§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the sites of special scientific interest damaged by acid rain in the latest year for which figures are available and give the hectarage of each site of special scientific interest affected.
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 12 January 1993]: The information is not available in the form requested. However, a recent study identified 46 sites of special scientific interest in England as being affected to some degree by acid rain. Details of freshwaters affected by acid rain are set out in the report Rimes C. (1992), "Freshwater acidification on SSSIs in Great Britain. I Overview and II England"—English nature science volumes 1 and 2. A copy of this report has been placed in the Library of the House.