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Public Forest Estate (England)

My hon. Friend makes a very interesting point and brings us back to the question of money. Who will pay to look after England's forests? Page 17 of the consultation document has many warm words on the English woodland grant scheme. It says that any new owners could apply to create new woodlands and to care for existing ones. However, that document must be read in conjunction with a much more serious one—the impact assessment, page 39 of which states that payments under the woodland grant scheme"““may not be sufficient to secure the level of public goods currently provided on the PFE.””"