Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Kimball (Conservative). It was answered by Earl Ferrers (Conservative) on Tuesday, 11 March 1997.

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Ferrers, Earl

Question

Why English Nature, as stated in its report for 1996, gave a grant in aid of £75,000 for purchase of land and a further £30,900 for research projects to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB); and whether it did so with full knowledge of the resources available to the RSPB.

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Secondary information

Type

Oral question

Reference

579 c157 

Session

1996-97

Oral question type

Lead

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

Subjects

Birds Central government Fisheries Grants Nature conservation English Nature Research Cormorants Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Poole Harbour