HC Deb 29 June 1994 vol 245 c555W
15. Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what statutory protection there is for important wildlife sites that do not qualify as sites of special scientific interest.

Mr. Gummer

The Government encourage local authorities to make full use of their powers under section 21 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. They should also adopt appropriate policies in their development plans and under planning legislation to protect such sites.