Forestry (England)

Part of Business of the House – in the House of Commons at 12:37 pm on 17 February 2011.

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Photo of Barry Sheerman Barry Sheerman Labour, Huddersfield 12:37, 17 February 2011

I thank the Secretary of State for changing her mind; it is a relief she has done so. May I also ask her to seize the opportunity, because what she tried to do has brought to light a passion for our woodlands and forests that many of us did not realise was so great? As chairman of the John Clare Trust, I appeal to her to use it. Forests are wonderful, and natural forests are even better, but we have got to get children and families to visit forests. The likelihood of a child visiting any green space has halved in a generation, so will she also consider how we can expand forests and get people to use them?