Written question asked by Bishop of St Albans (Bishops (affiliation)) on Thursday, 24 July 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 August 2014. It was answered by Lord De Mauley (Conservative) on Monday, 4 August 2014 on behalf of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Forests

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to bring forward legislation to establish a new public body to hold the Public Forest Estate to account.

Answer

The Government’s policy on the future of the Public Forest Estate is set out in its Forestry and Woodlands Policy Statement of January 2013. The Government is committed to maintaining the Public Forest Estate in public ownership and to establishing a new operationally independent public body to manage the estate for the long-term benefit of people, nature and the economy.

There were many proposals competing for the limited space within the Fourth Session programme and the proposed forestry measures could not be accommodated. However, the Government stands by its commitment to establish the new public body as soon as parliamentary time allows.

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Type: Written question
Reference: HL1506
Session: 2014-15
Subjects: Forests
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Forests

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