HC Deb 21 November 1996 vol 285 cc628-9W
Mr. Martyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will make it his policy to promote the use in the construction industry of timber produced from sustainable industries in rural areas. [4902]

Mr. Clappison

The Department of the Environment is supporting a number of innovation projects to encourage the use of sustainable timber from United Kingdom forests. These should assist the development of rural industries. One such project will result in the construction of a demonstration building at Hook forest in Dorset.