Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 22 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(1) when she plans to set up an advisory panel on forestry; and if she will make a statement;
(2) who will serve on the advisory panel on forestry;
(3) what representations she has received on setting up an advisory panel on forestry.
The membership of the advisory panel on forestry was announced in a written statement on
Right Reverend James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool (Chair);
Shireen Chambers (Institute of Chartered Foresters);
Dr Mike Clarke (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds);
Tom Franklin (Ramblers);
Stuart Goodall (Confederation of Forest Industries);
Stephanie Hilborne OBE (Wildlife Trusts);
Sue Holden (Woodland Trust);
Alan Knight OBE (Single Planet Living);
Dame Fiona Reynolds (National Trust);
Sir Harry Studholme (Forestry Commissioner);
John Varley (Clinton Devon Estates);
William Worsley (Country Land and Business Association).
We received representations from a wide range of organisations and individuals requesting to be members of the panel, and offering advice as to how the panel could work.
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