HC Deb 09 January 1996 vol 269 cc6-8W
Mr. Peter Atkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment when he will make further nominations for special areas of conservation to the European Commission under the EC habitats directive. [8198]

Mr. Gummer

As indicated in my written reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Taunton (Mr. Nicholson) on 20 June 1995,Official Report, column 140–43, a second list of candidate special areas of conservation would be sent to the European Commission once points raised in the public consultation launched on 31 March had been considered and satisfactorily resolved. That list, which consists of 75 sites, including a first tranche of 10 marine sites, was sent to the Commission on 8 January.

Further sites will be forwarded to the Commission when the remaining points raised during consultation have been fully considered. Particular attention is being given to addressing general concerns raised by consultees about the possible designation of marine sites.

The list of sites sent to the Commission is as follows:

Sites
Asby Complex England
Avon Gorge Woodlands England
Bath and Bradford on Avon Bats England
Braunton Burrows England
Breckland England
Bury Inlet: Saltmarsh and Estuary/Cilfach
Burry: Cors heli ac Aber Wales
Cardigan Bay/Bae Ceredigion Wales
Carn non Tri-Tighearnan Scotland
Clyde Valley Woods Scotland
Coll Machair Scotland
Conon Islands Scotland
Cotswold Beechwoods England
Dartmoor England
Dornoch Firth and Morrich More Scotland
Downton Gorge England
Drigg Coast England
Duddon Mosses England
Dungeness England
Dunkeld—Blairgowrie Lochs Scotland
Ensor's Pool England
Epping Forest England
Fenn's. Whixall, Bettisfield, Wem and Cadney
Mosses England/Wales
Flamborough Head England
Flow Country Scotland
Foinaven Scotland
Folkestone to Etchinghill Escarpment England
Fontmell and Melbury Downs England
Gower Commons/Tiroedd Comin Gwyr Wales
Isles of Scilly Complex England
Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau/Pen Llyn a'r
Sarnau Wales
Loch Etive Woods Scotland
Loch Lomond Woods Scotland
Loch Maree Complex Scotland
Lower Derwent Valley England
Lundy England
Magilligan Northern Ireland
Mells Valley England
Moine Mohr Scotland
Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment England
Moor House—Upper Teasdale England
Morecambe Bay Pavements England
Murlough Northern Ireland
North Meadow and Clattinger Farm England
North Norfolk Coast and Gibraltar Point Dunes England
Orfordness—Shingle Street England
Ouse Washes England
Peak District Dales England
Penhale Dunes England
Rannoch Moor Scotland
Rhidorroch Woods Scotland

Sites
Rodborough Common England
Ronas Hill—North Roe Scotland
Roudsea Wood and Mosses England
Roydon Common and Dersingham Bog England
Salisbury Plain England
Sandwich Bay England
Sefton Coast England
Sidmouth to West Bay England
South Dartmoor Woods England
South Hams England
St. Albans Head to Durlston Head England
Strangford Lough Northern Ireland
Strathglass Complex Scotland
Studland Dunes England
The Broads England
The Lizard England
Thursley England
Tintagel—Marsland—Clovelly Coast England
Tiree Machair Scotland
Torrs Warren—Luce Sands England
Waveney and Little Ouse Valley Fens England
Winterton—Horsey Dunes England
Wormley Hoddesdonpark Woods England
Wye Valley Woodlands/Coetiroedd Dyffryn
Gwy England/Wales
Wye Valley and Forest of Dean Bat
Sites/Safloedd Ystlumod Dyffryn Gwy a
Fforest Ddena England/Wales