HC Deb 13 February 1998 vol 306 c421W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what projects his Department is funding to restore land previously used for industry to its natural state. [29374]

Mr. Raynsford

Through its programmes and agencies the Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions sponsors a range of projects in which the reclamation of land forms a part. Land is reclaimed for both hard end uses such as housing, commercial and industrial development, and soft end uses, for example parks and forestry. Further information is available in the Department's Annual Report 1997 (Cm. 3607), but it is not possible to list projects individually, nor to identify the previous land use.