§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland through which legislative processes any proposed changes to the structure of the Forestry Commission will be made.
§ Sir Hector MonroThe legislative processes required cannot be identified in advance of decisions to make changes to the structure of the Forestry Commission.
§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the name, location and area in hectares of each piece of Forestry Commission land sold since 31 December 1992, indicating the date upon which the land was sold and where possible the name and address of the purchaser and the price paid.
§ Sir Hector MonroLists giving details of the areas of forest land sold by the Forestry Commission in each calendar year up to and including 1993 are held in the Library of the House. The lists show the name of the purchaser and the price paid where the purchaser has 757W agreed that such information can be made public. The precise date of each sale could be provided only at disproportionate cost. A list of forest land sold in 1994 will be placed in the Library early in 1995.
§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the future of the Forestry Commission.
§ Sir Hector MonroI refer the hon. Member to the answer which I gave to him on 9 May 1994, at column48.
§ Mr. MorleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total cost of the Forestry Commission review process.
§ Sir Hector MonroThe estimated cost of the forest review group was £832,667.