§ Mr. Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what contribution Her Majesty's Government made to the fourth annual report on Europe's forests by the European Commission.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 20 January 19931: The 1992 report on forest condition in Europe, which was produced jointly by the Commission of the European Communities and the United Nations economic commission for Europe, was based on the results of forest health 478W surveys carried out in 1991 by the forest services of 33 European countries. In Britain, the survey was carried out by the Forestry Commission which submitted the results to the compilers of the report.