HC Deb 19 January 1994 vol 235 c656W
22. Mr. Roger Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how many sites the United Kingdom have been designated under the EC wild birds directive.

Mr. Atkins

Seventy-seven special protection areas have been designated in the United Kingdom. Further designations are expected shortly.

36. Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what consultations he has had with his opposite number in the Commission of the European Communities in relation to the designation of the lower Severn estuary special protection area under the 1979 wild birds directive.

Mr. Atkins

None.