§ Angela SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the sites so far classified or identified for classification as special protection areas under the EC Wild Birds Directive (79/409/EEC) in the UK. [116738]
§ Mr. MullinThe Joint Nature Conservation Committee, in co-operation with the statutory nature conservation agencies, have been conducting a major review of the UK list of Special Protection Areas following the agreement and subsequent publication of SPA selection guidelines in July 1999. Ministers will be consulting interested parties about those sites which are not already classified as SPAs. The new list has today been placed in the Library.